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Name: |
OBOLENSKY, H.H. Prince ALEXANDER |
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Initials: |
A |
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Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
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Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
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Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) |
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Unit Text: |
54 Sqdn. |
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Age: |
24 |
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Date of Death: |
29/03/1940 |
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Service No: |
91075 |
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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. |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
Sec. X.H. Grave 423. |
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Cemetery: |
IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY |