Lord Mountbatten Death Date
On monday august 27 1979 lord mountbatten was killed during a family trip to mullaghmore county sligo ireland.
Lord mountbatten death date. The provisional irish republican army claimed responsibility for the august 27 1979 murder of lord louis mountbatten 79 earl of burma great grandson of queen victoria second cousin of queen. Mountbatten brought forward the date of the partition from 1948 to 1947 hoping this would reduce the tensions. On august 27 1979 lord louis mountbatten is killed when irish republican army ira terrorists detonate a 50 pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel shadow v.
He was assassinated by a hidden bomb on his fishing boat shadow v which had. On 27 august 1979 lord mountbatten went lobster fishing on his wooden boat shadow v in the village of mullaghmore county sligo in the west of ireland where he had. Lord mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma died on 27 august 1979 aged 79 while on a family trip to ireland at the height of the troubles.
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