Lord Mountbatten Song Ira
25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia.
Lord mountbatten song ira. Throughout lord mountbattens life and in the years after he died in an ira bombing on august 27 1979 rumors swirled about his extramarital affairs. An fbi dossier on mountbatten released in. The ira affixed a bomb to mountbattens boat the night before his fishing trip and then detonated.
The murder of lord mountbatten by the ira on august 27 in 1979 while on board his yacht off the irish coast is the opening scene in the incredibly popular series the crown which has been watched. Republicans portrayed the attack as retaliation for bloody sunday in 1972 when the parachute regiment shot dead 13 unarmed civilians during a protest march. Part of the wreckage of lord mountbattens boat the shadow v after it had been bombed by the ira in august 1979.
The ambush happened on the same day that lord mountbatten a prominent member of the british royal family was killed by an ira bomb aboard his boat at mullaghmore along with three others. They left behind mountbattens 11 year old granddaughter india. Lord mountbatten was a particularly effective target for the ira as a member of the royal family who owned summer home in the irish seaside village of classiebawn castle in mullaghmore an estate.
The ira was known for carrying out bombings and thats exactly how the group killed mountbatten. Independent news and mediagetty images august 27 1979 a bank holiday had dawned.