<Tr> <Th> Battles / wars </Th> <Td> Battle of Jutland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Mentioned in dispatches </Td> </Tr> <P> George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895--6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952 . He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth . </P> <P> Known publicly as Albert until his accession, and "Bertie" among his family and close friends, George VI was born in the reign of his great - grandmother Queen Victoria, and was named after his great - grandfather Albert, Prince Consort . As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward . He attended naval college as a teenager, and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War . In 1920, he was made Duke of York . He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon in 1923 and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret . In the mid-1920s, he had speech therapy for a stammer, which he never fully overcame . </P>

Monarch at the end of world war 2