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2 days ago · He had two daughters with wife Edwina Ashley - Lady Patricia, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Lady Pamela. During the First World War, Lord Mountbatten served at sea with the Royal...
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4 days ago · On Monday August 27, 1979, the IRA used a remote-control device to detonate a bomb aboard a boat near Mullaghmore in County Sligo. They killed an old man, an old woman, two teenage boys and a dog...
1 day ago · Total: 255,268 (56,643 dead) [6] [11] The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli ( Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
5 days ago · The Burmese government, however, was still a mere facade, with the Japanese army ruling. Meanwhile, Aung San had contacted Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Allied commander in Southeast Asia, as early as October 1943 to offer his cooperation, and in March 1945 Aung San and his army—renamed the Burma National Army (BNA)—joined the British side.
3 days ago · Fearing a forced evacuation of British troops still stationed in India, Mountbatten resolved to opt for partition, one that would divide Punjab and Bengal, rather than risk further political negotiations while civil war raged and a new mutiny of Indian troops seemed imminent.
4 days ago · Countess of Carberry, a Pass. De Lizola, Resident from the Emperor, a Protection. Mr. Wortley Gent. of the Privy Chamber, Privilege. Blake versus Goodwin. Dr. Hughes, a Pass to Holland. Serjeant Finch Leave to be absent. Inhabitants of St. Cuhtbert's versus Mr. Thorne, their Minister. James and Fairfax. Adjourn. Footnotes
2 days ago · The majority of royal biographers agree that Charles would not have been allowed to marry Shand had he sought permission to do so. According to Charles's cousin and godmother Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, some palace courtiers at that time deemed Shand unsuitable as a prospective consort. In 2005, she stated, "With ...
