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Christopher
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created 1 March 2001. Corrected and updated
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H.R.H.
Prince Henry
Duke of Gloucester
1900-1974
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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Titles: |
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1900.03.31 |
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland;
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duke of Saxony, with the style of
His Royal Highness (H.R.H.Prince Henry of York) [German
titles discontinued 17 July 1917] |
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1901.11.09 |
H.R.H.Prince Henry of Wales |
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1910.05.06 |
H.R.H. The Prince Henry |
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1928.03.31 |
Duke
of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, and Baron Culloden |
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British Empire/Commonwealth
Orders and Awards: |
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1921.03.31 |
KG |
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1922.01.02 |
GCVO |
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1925.03.17 |
PC (introduced) |
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1933.06.03 |
KT |
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1930.07.18 |
GCStJ (Grand Prior of the Most Venerable
Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem 1942-1974) |
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1932.06.03 |
Royal Victorian Chain |
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1934.06.29 |
KP |
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1935.03.28 |
GCMG |
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1942.02.24 |
GCB (mil) (Grand Master and Principal
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath) |
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the Order of Mercy (Grand President of the League of Mercy) |
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CD |
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Foreign Orders and Awards: |
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Grand Cordon, the Order of the Legion of Honour (France) |
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Grand Cross, the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) |
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Knight, the Order of the Elephant (Denmark) |
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1924 |
Grand Cross, the Order of St Olav (Norway) |
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1926 |
Grand Cross, the Order of Leopold (Belgium) |
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1927.07.04 |
Grand Cordon, the Order of Muhammad 'Ali (Egypt) |
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1929.05.03 |
Grand Cordon with Collar, the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
(Japan) |
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1930.11.29 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the Seal of Solomon (Ethiopia) |
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1933.06.20 |
The Honourable Order of the Two Rivers (Wisam al-Imtiaz-i-Rafidain),
1st class (Iraq) |
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1937 |
Knight, the Order of Carol I (Rumania) |
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1940 |
Knight, the Most Illustrious Order of Maha Chakri (Thailand) |
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1950.11.21 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the House of Orange (Netherlands) |
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The Order of St George and St Constantine, 1st class (Greece) |
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| Honorary
Military Appointments |
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1934.03.03 |
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Honorary Colonel,
Cambridge
University OTC |
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1935.05.06 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Gloucestershire Regiment |
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1937.03.12 |
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Colonel, Scots
Guards |
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1937.03.12 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
10th Royal Hussars (Prince
of Wales's Own)
[to 1969] |
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1937.03.12 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Gordon Highlanders
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1937.03.12 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers [to 1968] |
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1937.03.12 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Australian Light Horse [all regiments] |
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1937.05.11 |
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Honorary Captain, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
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1937.10.11 |
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Honorary Colonel,
Ceylon Planters
Rifle Corps [to 1949] |
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1937.10.11 |
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Honorary Colonel,
The Ceylon
Light Infantry [to 1955] |
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1937.03.12 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Natal
Mounted Rifles [to 1961] |
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1938.07.14 |
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Honorary Air Commodore, No 501 (County
of Gloucester) (Fighter) Squadron, RAuxAF [to 1957] |
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1940.01.02 |
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Honorary Colonel,
Ulster Anti-Aircraft
Regiments, RA (T.A.) |
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1942.02.24 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own) [to 1966] |
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1942.02.24 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Army Service Corps
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1950.05.10 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
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1947.12.15 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Canadian
Army Service Corps |
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1949.10.26 |
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Honorary Air Commodore, No 2501 (County
of Gloucester) LAA Squadron, RAuxAF [to 1957] |
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1955.11.11 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Australian Armoured Corps |
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1953.11.27 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Australian Army Service Corps [to 1973] |
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1955.03.31 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps |
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1955.03.31 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Ceylon Light
Infantry [terminated 1972] |
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1956.02.27 |
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Honorary Colonel, 245th
(Ulster) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (TA)
[on formation] |
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1958.11.01 |
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Honorary Commodore, Royal Naval Reserve |
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1965.07.15 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Corps of Transport
[on formation] |
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1966.01.01 |
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Deputy Colonel-in-Chief,
The Royal Green Jackets
[on formation] |
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1967.04.01 |
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Hon Colonel, 102nd
(Ulster and Scottish) Light Air Defence Regiment, RA (Volunteers) |
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1968.07.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Royal Irish Rangers
(27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th) [on formation] |
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1973.06.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Australian Corps of Transport [on formation] |
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RMC Sandhurst
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1919.07.16 |
2nd Lieutenant,
The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
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1919.10.01 |
Cambridge University
OTC (Cavalry Squadron) |
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1920.06.22 |
2nd Lieutenant,
10th Royal Hussars |
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1921.07.16 |
Lieutenant, 10th
Royal Hussars |
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1927.03.11 |
Captain, 10th
Royal Hussars |
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1929 |
attached to 11th
Hussars |
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1929.08.02-1931 |
half-pay |
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1929.08.02 |
Personal Aide de Camp to the Sovereign (ADC) |
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1931-1932 |
Staff Captain, Southern Command |
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1934.08.02 |
brevet Major |
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1935.07.06 |
Major, attached
to 16th/5th Lancers |
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1937.01.01 |
Major-General,
Army; Air Vice Marshal, Royal Air Force; Honorary Captain, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve |
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1937 |
retired from
active service |
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1939 |
rejoined forces |
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1939-1940 |
Chief Liaison Officer, British Expeditionary Force (MID 20.12.1940) |
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1940-1942 |
Chief Liaison Officer, GHQ, Home Forces |
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1941.09.17 |
Lieutenant-General, British Army; Air Marshal, Royal Air Force |
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1944.10.27 |
General, British
Army; Air Chief Marshal, Royal Air Force |
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1945.01.30 |
Governor and C-in-C
Australia [tenure expired 1947] |
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1955.03.31 |
Field
Marshal of the Army |
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1958 |
Marshal of the Royal Air Force |
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| Other
Military Connections |
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President, Imperial War Graves Commission |
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President, Imperial War Museum |
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President, National Rifle Association |
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President, Royal United Service Institution |
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President, the Duke of York's Royal Military School |
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1942-1969 |
Master, Trinity House |
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