Son of George V. Born York Cottage, Sandringham. Honorary member of Lincoln's Inn. 1934 created Duke of Kent and married Marina. Rumoured to have had affairs with Jessie Matthews and Noel Coward. Died Morven, Scotland, in the crash of Sunderland W4026 "DQ-M" of 228 Squadron. He was on a " tour of stations" and his plane crashed on a hill-side near the Caithness coast. Of the 15 on board only 1 survived. See the picture source website where the story of this crash is well told.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
George, Duke of Kent
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Lincoln's Inn war memorial
We have never seen so many Cecils, Cyrils and Cuthberts on a war memorial, le...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
George, Duke of Kent
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Admiral Arthur Phillip
{On the west side, beneath the relief depicting a scene with 5 people on a sh...
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Henry VIII’s Manor House
King Henry VIII got to know Chelsea during his visits to Sir Thomas More and moved to the old manor house in 1510. The house was originally owned by the Bray family who eventually surrendered it to...
2 memorials
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife was the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; she was a younger sister of King George V. On her marriage in 1889 she bec...
1 memorial
1 memorial
King Haakon VII
Born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel in Charlottenlund Palace, near Copenhagen. Known as Prince Carl of Denmark, he became the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the uni...
2 memorials
Coronation of King Edward VII
King Edward VII. Originally scheduled for 26 June but delayed due to the main player needing to have his appendix out, an innovative operation at the time. The elderly Archbishop Temple officiated ...
9 memorials
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Marylebone Calvary war memorial
W1, Bryanston Street, Parish Church of The Annunciation
From the church's website: A Chapel of Ease, known as the Quebec Chapel, was originally on the site from 1787 and this was replaced by th...
War dead | WW1
70 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
70 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Franco-British Society
From the picture source website: "Founded in 1924, although its roots go back to the Entente Cordiale at the beginning of the 20th century, it is dedicated to encouraging closer relations between B...
2 memorials
Edward Pauncfort
Tory MP. Early in the 1700s he moved into Lauderdale House and took a great interest in Highgate. He became the treasurer and one of the governors of Highgate School and its Chapel. In Southwoo...
1 memorial
Cass Sculpture Foundation / Sculpture at Goodwood
Previously known as Sculpture at Goodwood this commissions sculpture and displays it in a lovely sculpture park near Chichester.
1 memorial
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