Prince Philip

Over the next 8 days, Ford Park Cemetery offers its tribute to Prince Philip, a celebration of his life, prepared by one of our volunteers, Shirley Stapley. Under other circumstances, this tribute would have been on display in the Visitor Centre. Today we look at his early years.

For the second day of our tribute to Prince Philip we move to the Prince's early childhood and school days which were influenced by his mother's ill health.

Before his school days, Prince Philip's early life with his family was spent in exile, in the UK and France.

Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy in May 1939 and it was whilst he was at Dartmouth that he first met the Princess Elizabeth.

Prince Philip married the Princess Elizabeth on 20th November 1947 so today's focus is on the Royal Wedding

On 6th February 1952 King George VI died and Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. Today we cover Prince Philip's role as consort to the queen.

One of the roles that Prince Philip took on after the death of King George VI was Captain General of the Royal Marines.

On this final day of our tribute to Prince Philip we summarise his life and achievements during nearly 70 years of service