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Thanks to the influence of his sister Theodora's husband, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Philip began attending the elite German boarding school Schule Schloss Salem in 1933, spending two terms there before transferring to Gordonstoun School in Moray, [[Scotland]] (a move stemming partly from the increasing anti-Jewish persecution in Germany). During these years, seeing very little of his parents, he was closest to his uncle and guardian, Louis Mountbatten.
Thanks to the influence of his sister Theodora's husband, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Philip began attending the elite German boarding school Schule Schloss Salem in 1933, spending two terms there before transferring to Gordonstoun School in Moray, [[Scotland]] (a move stemming partly from the increasing anti-Jewish persecution in Germany). During these years, seeing very little of his parents, he was closest to his uncle and guardian, Louis Mountbatten.
==Naval Career==
Philip completed his studies at Gordonstoun School in early 1939, after which he enrolled at the Britannia Royal Naval College in [[Dartmouth]] to prepare for military service. He was urged to do so by some of his relatives, the imminent outbreak of the [[Second World War]] apparently being a major consideration in this. He graduated from the college in 1940, having been recognized as the best of his class of cadets and awarded the King's Dirk; that summer, he was assigned to the [[battleship]] ''HMS Ramillies'' as a midshipman and spent the next several months on duty in the [[Indian Ocean]]. In January 1941, Philip was transferred to the ''HMS Valiant'' at Alexandria in [[Egypt]], commanding the ship's searchlight control during the [[Battle of Cape Matapan]] off the coast of Greece that March. Recognized for his skill in this action, he was rapidly promoted to sub-lieutenant and then lieutenant, and in October 1942 was assigned to the [[destroyer]] ''HMS Wallace'' as its first lieutenant. In this capacity, he was on hand during the Allied invasion of [[Sicily]] in July 1943. In 2003, it was revealed that Philip had prevented an attack on the ''Wallace'' by a [[Luftwaffe]] bomber, constructing a raft with "smoke floats" and sending it away from the ship to trick the bombers into striking it instead. A veteran of the ''Wallace'' who told the story said that "Prince Philip saved our lives that night."<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/28/monarchy.davidsmith</ref>
In 1944, Philip joined the ''HMS Whelp'', again as first lieutenant, which joined the British Pacific Fleet and was stationed offshore during the [[Battle of Okinawa]] and was in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945. He continued to serve on the ship until its return to Britain in January 1946.
After leaving the ''Whelp'', Philip spent time at the Petty Officers' School in [[Wiltshire]] as an instructor, then took a position at the Naval Staff College in [[Greenwich]]. In 1949 (after his marriage to Princess Elizabeth), he was appointed first lieutenant of the destroyer ''HMS Chequers'', stationed in [[Malta]], which would be the couple's effective home until Elizabeth's succession to the throne in 1952. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander in 1950 and given command of the frigate ''HMS Magpie'', then promoted again to Commander in 1952. This was the highest rank Philip would reach during his active service.
== Death ==
== Death ==