The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas
Lieutenant-General
* 25th of June 1900
† 27th of August 1979
(Royal Navy)
Promotions
| 1937-06-30 | Captain |
| 1942-03-18 | Honorary Lieutenant-General |
| 1949-06-22 | Vice-Admiral |
| 1953-01-27 | Admiral |
| 1956-10-22 | Admiral of the Fleet |
Service
| 1941-10-19 | – | 1943-11-15 | Chief of Combined Operations |
| 1943-11-16 | – | 1946-05-31 | Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command |
| 1947-02-21 | – | 1947-08-15 | Viceroy of India |
| 1947-03-27 | – | 1948-06-21 | Governor-General of India |
| 1947-07-25 | – | Honorary Colonel, 292nd Airborne Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army | |
| 1947-11-05 | – | Honorary Colonel, 428th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army | |
| 1950-04-XX | – | 1950-06-XX | Second in Command Mediterranean Fleet |
| 1950-06-XX | – | 1952-06-XX | Fourth Sea Lord |
| 1952-06-XX | – | 1956-04-XX | Commander in Chief Mediterranean Fleet |
| 1952-06-XX | – | 1956-04-XX | Commander in Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean |
| 1956-04-18 | – | 1959-10-19 | First Sea Lord |
| 1959-07-13 | – | 1965-07-15 | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| 1964-09-17 | – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 4/5th Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment |
| – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 289th Parachute Regiment (Royal Horse Artillery), Territorial Army | |
| 1965-01-29 | – | 1979-08-27 | Colonel, Life Guards |
| 1965-08-03 | – | 1979-08-27 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Marines |
| 1967-04-01 | – | 1969-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, Hampshire & Isle of Wright Territorials, Territorial Army |
| 1969-04-01 | – | 1971-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, Hampshire & Isle of Wright Territorials, Territorial Army |
| 1971-04-01 | – | 1971-06-25 | Deputy Honorary Colonel, 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment, Territorial Army |
Picture source: x162974, National Portrait Gallery, London