Duke of York’s Early Years and Naval Training
The article recalls Prince Albert’s childhood with King Edward VII’s praise, schooling under H P Hansell, and military drill by senior guards. It covers his Osborne and Dartmouth training, a 1913 Cumberland cruise, and his 1913 assignment to Collingwood as midshipman, detailing a boyhood shaped by privilege and duty.
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Edward VII
Albert
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Lutor
H. P. Hansell
Ian
Scots Guards
Cold Stream Guards
Sandringham
London
Marleborough House
Royal Naval College
Osborne
Naval School
Dartmouth
York Cottage
Young Prince Albert's Naval Early War Adventures Revealed
The young officer sailed with the Collingwood enjoying cruises to French and Udlan ports and met King Victor Emmanuel at Reine. He studied drill and ate simple meals with fellow officers, peered at Egypt with General Lered Kitchener, and faced appendicitis in September 1914 delaying his front line service. He remained eager to join the North Sea battles against the German fleet.
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King
Cumberland
Stilet Prince
West Indies
Canada
Puerto Rico
Collingwood
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Sprig
House of Windsor
Prince Albert
Portsmouth
Lamnlash
Egypt
Lered Kitchener
Collingwand
French
Udlan
Reine
Victor Emmanuel
Alkart
Local Oak Grove Gossip and Community Notes
Oak Grove fragments record visits among residents as Mrs. Jim Skinner and Mrs. D. M. Collier shop in Hope. Audrey Ross and Ernest Ross are seen with neighbors, while the Ross and Mullens families host and call on one another. Builders work on a new home and church projects proceed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Skinner
D. M. Collier
Russ Mullens
Elton Ross
Audrey Ross
Ernest Ross
Lee England
Don Gunn
Hope
Ernest. Ross
Frank Mullens
Remer Neil
Ernest .Ross
Lester Mullens
Hazel Putman
Preston Putman
Fred Camp
Harvie Allen
J. G. Allen
Marshel Beck
Leassie Pertell
BR. L. May
Earl Ross
J. T. Cuumbie
John Woodul
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Duke of York
H. M.S. Collingwood
Ife
Shipley Studio
Walnut Street
Saenger Theater
Gorham & Gosnell
Xmas
Oak Grove
New
Hhuch
Lady
Fuzzy
Shell
Joe Boswell
Boswell
Magnolia
Oir
Poole
Icothes
Edgerton
Boswell’s
Swell Department Store
L. M. Boswell
Mgr. E
Post Office
Ark
Piedmont
Joe
Boswell’s. Price
Vane
Evemge
Mee
Z., Me
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