Philip Game, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Air Force air marshals
Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1876
Place of Birth: Streatham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-Feb-1961
Profession: police officer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Philip Game
- Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game, (30 March 1876 – 4 February 1961) was a British Royal Air Force commander, who later served as Governor of New South Wales and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London).
- Born in Surrey in 1876, Game was educated at Charterhouse School and entered the military at Royal Military Academy Woolwich, gaining his commission in 1895.
- Serving with the Royal Artillery, Game saw action in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
- After serving with distinction and bravery, Game transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in early 1916 serving as General Trenchard's chief staff officer.
- Finishing the War as an acting major-general, Game remained in the Royal Air Force after the close of hostilities.
- Notably he served as Air Officer Commanding RAF India and Air Member for Personnel.
- He retired from the military in 1929, having reached the rank of air vice-marshal. In March 1930, Game was appointed Governor of New South Wales, serving during a time of political instability and coming into conflict with the NSW Labor Government over attempts to abolish the New South Wales Legislative Council.
- Game dismissed the Government of Premier Jack Lang in May 1932 following illegal activity by Lang.
- Ending his term in January 1935, Game returned to Britain and was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London.
- He held it during the tumultuous 1930s, the 1936 abdication crisis and the Second World War, before retiring at the end of the war in 1945.
- Between 1937 and 1949 he resided at Langham House, Ham Common, Surrey and was Vicar's Warden at St.
- Andrews church.
- Retiring with his wife Gwendoline to his home in Kent, Game died in February 1961, aged 84.
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