Prince George, Duke of Kent

Prince George
Duke of Kent (more)
George in 1934
BornPrince George of Wales
(1902-12-20)20 December 1902
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died25 August 1942(1942-08-25) (aged 39)
Morven, Caithness, Scotland
Cause of deathDunbeath air crash
Burial29 August 1942
Spouse
(m. 1934)
Issue
Names
George Edward Alexander Edmund
House
FatherGeorge V
MotherMary of Teck
SignaturePrince George's signature
Education
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch
Years of active service1916–1942
Rank
Battles / wars

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 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 among fourteen of the fifteen crew and passengers killed in the Dunbeath air crash on 25 August 1942.


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