Philip Game
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Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO (30 March 1876 – 4 February 1961) was a British Royal Air Force commander and Governor of New South Wales, Australia.
Military service
Following officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, Game was commissioned into the British Army on 2 November 1895. During the early part of the First World War, he served as a staff officer and in early 1916 Game transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a result of Trenchard's request for an experienced staff officer to serve in his HQ. Game transferred to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918 and went on to rise to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal.Governor of New South Wales
He was appointed Governor of New South Wales in 1930, serving until 1935. Along with the State Premier Jack Lang and others, Game was a participant at the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on March 19, 1932, where he made a speech.Less than two months later, on May 13, he dismissed Lang's government for refusing to abandon an apparently illegal policy and issuing a leaflet in defiance of Game. This was the only case of an Australian government with the confidence of the lower house being dismissed by a Vice-Regal representative, until Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam's government on November 11, 1975.
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
After his term ended, Game returned to Britain. He served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1935 until 1945. In 1943, in an attempt to prevent burglaries, Game urged householders not to keep furs, saying, "they are no doubt warmer, and look nicer than a tweed coat, but a live dog is better than a dead lion". Towards the end of his time as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Game worked to establish a boys' club. The Sir Philip Game Boys' Club, situated in the London borough of Croydon, was opened in 1946.Sir Philip Game died in 1961.
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