Mountbatten, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Date of birth:
- June 10th, 1921 (Mon Repos/Corfu, Kingdom of Greece)
- Date of death:
- April 9th, 2021 (Windsor Castle/Windsor, United Kingdom)
- Buried on:
- St. George's Chapel Windsor
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Prince Philip was born in the royal Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg House. He joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and married Elizabeth after the War. Subsequently, Philip became a naturalised British subject.
Promotions:
1939: Cadet
1940: Midshipman
?: Sub-Lieutenant
16 July 1942: First Lieutenant
1950: Lieutenant-Commander
1952: Commander & Colonel-in-Chief Army Cadet Force & Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps
1953: Admiral of the Fleet & Field Marshal & Marshal of the Royal Air Force & Captain-General of the Corps of Royal Marines
2011: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
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King George VI Coronation Medal
- Awarded on:
- May 12th, 1937
Vasilikon Oikogeneiakon Tagma Agion Georgiou kai Konstantinou - Cordon
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Midshipsman
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Valiant (02), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- February 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- May 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- May 1945
Elefantordenen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1947
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- November 19th, 1947
Awarded by King George VI.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- 1947
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1950
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Valiant (02), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- 1950
Ordre de Saint-Charles - Grand-croix
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded on:
- February 15th, 1951
- Rank:
- Commander
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1952
Extra Knight
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1952
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1953
Grand Master and First and Principal Knight
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- June 2nd, 1953
Kungliga Serafimerorden
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1954
Order of the Queen of Sheba - Grand Cordon
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1954
Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1954
4 bars
Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada - Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1955
Wisam al-Faisal al-Awwal - Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1956
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1957
Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - Ridder Grootkruis (NL.1)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1958
Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1958
Sonderstufe des Großkreuzes des Verdienstordens der BRD
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1958
Ojaswi Rajanyako Manapadvi
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1960
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi (SVR SR)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1961
Wisam al-Istiqlal - Grand Cordon
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1961
Grand Cross to the Order of Merit
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1962
Grã-Cruz del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1962
Orden del Libertador General San Martín - Grand Cross
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1962
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1963
Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca - Chain
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1964
Groß-Stern des Ehrenzeichens für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1966
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1968
Daikun'i kikkashō
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1971
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1971
Ordre du Lion d'or de la Maison de Nassau
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- June 12th, 1972
Order of the Yugoslav Star - Great Star
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1972
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1973
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- February 6th, 1977
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- August 14th, 1979
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1979
Wissam al-Mohammadi - Special Class
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- October 29th, 1980
Queen's Service Order
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- November 15th, 1981
Extra Companion
Order of Sports Merit - Blue Dragon
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1985
Companion to the Order of Australia (AC)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1988
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- February 9th, 1990
Order Zaslugi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej I klasa – Grand Cordon
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- 1991
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- April 27th, 1993
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- February 6th, 2002
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- May 27th, 2005
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Awarded on:
- November 20th, 2007
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Awarded on:
- February 6th, 2012
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Awarded on:
- June 4th, 2012
Additional Member
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Awarded on:
- April 26th, 2013
Extraordinary Companion
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Awarded on:
- April 23rd, 2013
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Awarded on:
- January 26th, 2015
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Awarded on:
- November 20th, 2017
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
With 6 bars (last one dated October 11th, 2016).
75 years of service in the Royal Navy.
Sources
- Photo: Allan Warren
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35443/supplement/554/data.pdf
- The Current Royal Family > HRH The Duke of Edinburgh > Naval career
- REPLICA MEDALS WORN BY PRINCE PHILLIP, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH - Quarterdeck Medals; Militaria
- Prince Philip and medals | Daily Mail Online
- College of St George - Windsor Castle - Orders of Chivalry
- Queen and Duke of Edinburgh receive long service medals
- Heald, Tim (1991). The Duke: A Portrait of Prince Philip. London: Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 264–267. ISBN 0-340-54607-7. - Prince Philip adds the Knight of the Order of Australia to his long list of styles, titles and honours - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Elizabeth: Her Life, Our Times - Alan Titchmarsh
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