Louis Mountbatten

Earl of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander - South East Asia Command (1943-46),

Viceroy of India (Feb-Aug 1947), Governor General of India (Aug 1947-Jun 1948)

Born: 25th June 1900, Windsor, England

Died: 27th August 1979, Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland

My grandfather, CS Ananthan Nair, worked in the Survey Of India and served in the Royal Indian Engineers unit during WW2 as Surveyor.

His war services included three theatres of operation:

Nov 1941 - Aug 1943 - Paiforce

Apr 1945 - Jan 1946 - Ceylon

Jan 1946 - Dec 1946 - Singapore.

He received this undated certificate from Louis Mountbatten, probably circa 1946 and he gave it to me as I was autograph crazy.

Circa 1946

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