Duke of Kent
(1902-1942)
Royal Navy admiral, member of the House of Windsor
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Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. Prince George served in the Royal Navy in the 1920s and then briefly as a civil servant. He became Duke of Kent in 1934. In the late 1930s he served as a Royal Air Force officer, initially as a staff officer at RAF Training Command and then, from July 1941, as a staff officer in the Welfare Section of the RAF Inspector General's Staff. He died in the Dunbeath air crash in Scotland on 25 August 1942, in which fourteen of the fifteen crew and passengers were killed.
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George Edward Alexander Edmund 20 December 1902 Sandringham, Norfolk, England, UK
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25 August 1942 (aged 39) Morven, Caithness, Scotland, UK
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick 1st child with Princess Marina Male b. 9 Oct 1935 · Age: 89 · 1935- · Celebrity Baby -
Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel 2nd child with Princess Marina Female b. 25 Dec 1936 · Age: 88 · 1936- · Celebrity Baby
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Military career 3rd child with Princess Marina Male b. 4 Jul 1942 · Age: 83 · 1942- · British prince
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Duke of Windsor · Brother · 1894-1972 · King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (1936)
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King George VI · 1895-1952 · King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952, Emperor of India from 1936 to 1948
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