Prince George, Duke of Kent
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Duke of Kent | |||||
Born | Prince George of Wales 20 December 1902 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England | ||||
Died | 25 August 1942 Morven, Caithness, Scotland | (aged 39)||||
Cause of death | Dunbeath air crash | ||||
Burial | 29 August 1942 | ||||
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Father | George V | ||||
Mother | Mary of Teck | ||||
Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||
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Years of service | 1916–1942 | ||||
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Prince George, Duke of Kent, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ, ADC (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 an RAF 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 was killed in a military air-crash on 25 August 1942.