Death of the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Rangers.

His Royal Highness Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster; Colonel-in-Chief The Royal Irish Rangers 1968 - 1974.

The Colonel-in-Chief was born His Royal Highness Prince Henry of York on 31 March 1900 and was the third son to The Duke of York, who later became George V. He joined the Army in 1919 and attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He later served with The King's Royal Rifle Corps and The 10th Royal Hussars before retiring in 1937 from the active service list.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, he became a Chief Liaison Officer in the British Expeditionary Force and was lightly wounded in 1940 when his staff car was attacked by German aircraft. Later that year he became second-in-command of 20 Armoured Brigade. In 1945, he became the 11th Governor-General of Australia until returning to London in March 1947.

He was appointed Field Marshal in 1955 and had also been the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. When he died, he was the last surviving knight of The Order of Saint Patrick.

The Colonel-in-Chief's full style, when he died on 10 June 1974, was His Royal Highness The Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Grand Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Grand Prior of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

The Duke of Gloucester's successor as Colonel in Chief The Royal Irish Rangers would be his daughter-in-law, HRH The Duchess of Gloucester who was appointed by The Queen in 1989.