Prince George, Duke of Kent

Names
	George Edward Alexander Edmund

Prince George
Prince George
Duke of Kent (more)
	George in 1934
Born	Prince George of Wales; 20 December 1902; York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died	25 August 1942 (aged 39); Morven, Caithness, Scotland
Cause of death	Dunbeath air crash
Burial	29 August 1942; Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; 29 August 1968; Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Spouse	Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (m. 1934)
Issue	Prince Edward, Duke of Kent; Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy; Prince Michael of Kent;
Names
Names
	George Edward Alexander Edmund
House	Windsor (from 1917); Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917);
Father	George V
Mother	Mary of Teck
Signature
Education	Royal Naval College, Osborne; Britannia Royal Naval College;
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy; British Army; Royal Air Force;
Years of active service	1916–1942
Rank	Rear-admiral (RN); Major general (British Army); Air commodore (RAF);
Battles / wars	First World War; Second World War;

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.