Memorial: M4780

Memorial brass plaque in Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Admiral Louis Mountbatten RN d. 1979

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

Admiral of the Fleet / THE EARL MOUNTBATTEN / OF BURMA / THE COUNTESS / MOUNTBATTEN / OF BURMA'

Details

Description: Profile portraits of Mountbatten and Countess Mountbatten, his orders and decorations inlaid in marble.

Type: Brass plaque
Position: Floor, west end of nave

People

Mountbatten, Louis
Age: 79
Date of Death: 27/8/1979
Cause of Death: Murdered
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991

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Maritime Memorials