Albert Frederick George Wettin
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George VI, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas king, defender of the faith, emperor of India
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"Parcels were constantly being sent from England to men in the contingent, but they never arrived. Food, clothes, cigarettes: everything was either refused by the Post Office or seized in France. Curiously enough, the only firm that succeeded in sending packets of tea, even on one memorable occasion a tin of biscuits,
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year: 1937
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to my wife was the Army and Navy Stores. Poor old Army and Navy! They did their duty nobly, but perhaps they might have felt happier if the stuff had been going to Franco's side of the barricade". ["Homage to Catalonia", Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York, 1938 (2010): 82]
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year: 1937
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Albert Frederick George of Windsor
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year: 1939
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Albert Frederick George von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
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year: 1939
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George VI: accumulated sovereignty (1941): India (4,095,833) + Great Britain and Northern Ireland (244,376) = 4,340,209 square kilometers
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year: 1941
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"In accordance with a submission from the lords commissioners of the admiralty in that behalf, the king has been pleased to assume the rank of admiral of the fleet in his majesty's fleet. To date 11th December, 1936". ("The London Gazette", 34351, 18/12/1936: 8186)
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year: 1941
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Índex global de personatges: posició 13 sobre 675 personatges: cànon filatèlic: 13/675. ("Encyclopaedia philatelica", Barcelona, 2023)
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year: 1941
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king of Great Britain, 1936-1952
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Second son of George V, he was educated at Dartmouth Naval College, and at Trinity College in Cambridge. On the abdication of his elder brother, Edward VIII, he ascended the throne in 1936. During World War II he continued to reside in bomb-damaged Buckingham palace, visited all theaters of war, and delivered many broadcasts, for which he mastered a speech impediment. (John Thorne, 1984: 550)
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year: 1941
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Los reyes de Gran Bretaña, Jorge VI e Isabel, visitaron algunos hogares perjudicados por los bombardeos durante la batalla de Inglaterra. Era una de las misiones de guerra que se impusieron los monarcas en los momentos más difíciles. ("La segunda guerra mundial", I, José Fernando Aguirre Gil, Librería Editorial Argos, SA, Barcelona, 1964: 183)
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year: 1941
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King George VI in air force uniform (war issue)
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year: 1943
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Sandringham, 1895 - Sandringham, 1952
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year: 1951
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