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Alex Obolensky

Full name:Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky
Born:17th February 1916, Petrograd, Russia
Died:29th March 1940, RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England
Buried: Ipswich Cemetery, Suffolk, England
Education:Ashe Boys' Preparatory School, Etwall, Derbyshire; Trent College, Long Eaton, Derbyshire; Brasenose, Oxford
Occupation:RAF Officer
Other Sports:Rugby Union for England, Oxford University, Leicester, Rosslyn Park and Chesterfield.
Biography:A Rurikid prince of Russian origin who became a naturalised Briton, his family left the Russian Empire in 1917, following the revolution. Appointed a Knight of St John in 1938. Died in a training accident when his plane overshot the runway, dropped into a ravine, and his kneck was broken
Relations:Brother: T Obolensky
Teams:Trent College (Miscellaneous: 1931-1934)
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