Malaya the next day when the Straits Times wrote "Govern or Get Out" on its front page and thus galvanising public sentiment against him. Death Gent was returning to the United Kingdom in an Avro York transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force when it collided with a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System near Northwood, north London, a week after he was recalled to London. | | Notes References Gent Family History 1895 births 1948 deaths Colonial Administrative Service officers Administrators in British Malaya Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in England Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Military Cross Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People from Kingston upon Thames British Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from London