OBOLENSKY, H.H. Prince ALEXANDER
- Rank:
- Pilot Officer
- Service No:
- 91075
- Date of Death:
- 29/03/1940
- Age:
- 24
- Regiment/Service:
- Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
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- 54 Sqdn.
- Grave Reference
- Sec. X.H. Grave 423.
- Cemetery
- IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of H.H. Prince Serge Obolensky and of H.H. Princess Luba Obolensky (nee Narishchkine), of Muswell Hill, Middlesex. A Rugby player, H.H. Prince Alexander played four times for England scoring two tries in the 1936 match against the "All Blacks". He also played Rugby for Oxford, where he gained a "Blue". The Prince was killed in a Hurricane Mark 1 at Martlesham Heath. He was born in St. Petersburg on 17th February 1916.