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#otd 27 August 1979 - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was assassinated by the IRA. . Mountbatten was a member of British royal family, Royal Navy officer & statesman, a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, & second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of India of British India, & the first governor-general of the Dominion of India. . . . #Louismountbatten #Royalnavy #Royalfamily #Britishmonarchy #lestweforget #remembrance #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #d27aug #royalhistory #history #royalty #admiralofthefleet #earl #earlmountbatten #royalnavyofficer #commander #Britishnavy #royal #royals #britishroyals #britishroyalfamily #navy #monarchy #british #britishroyalty #historyinpictures #britishhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CTE_AHRIbrU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#otd in Royal History . 27 August 1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English, Governor-General of India (b.1900) was assassinated by the IRA. . Mountbatten was a Royal Navy officer & statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 2nd cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. . During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943–1946). He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) & the first governor-general of independent India (1947–1948). . From 1954 to 1959, Mountbatten was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. . In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb that was hidden aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. . . . #lestweforget #Britishhistory #LordMountbatten #AdmiraloftheFleet #Royal #Mountbatten #Louismountbatten #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #British #History #Admiral #Navy #earlmountbattenofburma #Earl #Royal #royalty #FirstSeaLord #royalnavyofficer #Statesman #Britishroyalty #Britishroyals ##AlliedCommander #Secondworldwar (at Mullaghmore, Sligo, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZ6m8tpgJb/?igshid=1dbu7g915hsjq