Lord Mountbatten Funeral Video
Lord mountbatten the last viceroy sent out to india by prime minister attlee to serve as the last viceroy lord monutbatten is given the seeminghly impossibile task of bringing about independence.
Lord mountbatten funeral video. The day after mountbattens ceremonial funeral the family held the funeral of nicholas and doreen at the local parish church in mersham kent close to the brabournes family home newhouse. Mountbattens own boots had been placed reversed in the stirrups. The bomb that killed lord louis mountbatten was probably the most devastating attack of the provisional iras campaign and the moment the troubles claimed.
Lord mountbatten was killed by the irish republican army in 1979. A 1979 washington post article described the scene at the mountbatten funeral. Anwar husseingetty imageson august 29 1979 louis mountbatten earl of burma also known as lord mountbatten and in the crown diminutively as uncle dicki.
The service was private but prince philip the duke of edinburgh b1921 attended however patricia and john were clearly unable to attend due to being.