Photograph: H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, at Holyhead

Scope and Content

PHOTOGRAPH: H. R. H. the Duke of Kent at Holyhead with Commodore Sir R. H. Williams Bulkeley Bart K. C. B., H. M. Lieutenant and Alderman David Evans, J. P. Chairman Anglesey County Council.

Dimensions: Large.

Administrative / Biographical History

Prince George, Duke of Kent, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO (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 the younger brother of 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.

Access Information

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Acquisition Information

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Note

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Other Finding Aids

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Ynys Môn ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Ynys Môn yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen./Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Sioned Copeland for Anglesey Archives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent

Appraisal Information

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Swyddfa Gofnodi Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn wedi eu cadw /All records which meet the collection policy of the Anglesey Archives have been retained.

Accruals

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