Prince Alexander Obolensky was born a Russian but escaped the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, he is famous for scoring what is considered the best ever English Rugby Try on his debut for England.
The Prince died in a Hawker Hurricane crash at RAF Martlesham Heath and is buried in Ipswich Cemetery, more details here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Obolensky
By: Bob - 8th May 2009 at 19:58
This was on the local news a while back – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7896298.stm
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May 8, 2009 at 7:12 pm