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Louis Mountbatten TLS
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Louis Mountbatten TLS with transmittal envelope. British naval commander and statesman, supreme allied commander in Southeast Asia responsible for the recapture of Burma. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900-27 August 1979). British statesman and naval officer; uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; cousin (strictly, second cousin once removed) to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India (1947-48), from which the modern Republic of India emerged in 1950. From 1954 until 1959 he was the First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as Chief of the Defense Staff until 1965, making him the longest serving professional head of the British Armed Forces to date.
Shipping Weight: 0.2 lb
$100.00 USD
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