<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokushiya iGordonstoun ekuqaleni kuka-1939, uFiliphu waqeda isikole eRoyal Naval College, eDartmouth, wabe esebuyela eGrisi, ehlala nonina e-Athene inyanga eyodwa maphakathi no-1939. Ngesiqondiso senkosi yaseGrisi, uGeorge II umzala wakhe wokuqala, wabuyela eBrithani ngo-September ukuze aqhubeke nokuqeqeshwa kweRoyal Navy. Wathweswa iziqu eDartmouth ngonyaka olandelayo njengomfundi ohamba phambili ekilasini lakhe. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, waqhubeka ekhonza emabuthweni aseBrithani, kuyilapho abashana bakhe ababili, iNkosana uChristoph waseHesse noBerthold, uMarkgrave waseBaden, balwa nohlangothi lwamaJalimane oluphikisayo. UPhilip wamiswa njengomphathi womkhumbi ngoJanuwari 1940. Wachitha izinyanga ezine esikepeni sempi, evikela imikhumbi ye-Australian Expeditionary Force e-Indian Ocean, elandelwa ukuthunyelwa okufushane e-, e-, nase-British Ceylon. Ngemva kokuhlasela kweGreece yi-Italy  <response>: ngo-October 1940, wadluliselwa esuka e-Indian Ocean waya emkhunjini wempi eMedithera Fleet. 