Prince George, Duke of Kent

Full name
	George Edward Alexander Edmund

Prince George
Prince George
Duke of Kent
	Prince 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; 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;
Full name
Full name
	George Edward Alexander Edmund
House	Windsor (from 1917); Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917);
Father	George V
Mother	Mary of Teck
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
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, 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.

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