He talks to senior African NCO in the Guard of Honour at Div HQ.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1982-06-58-108
Description
Photograph of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander South East Asia, talking to Senior African Non-Commissioned Officers in the Guard of Honour at Divisional Headquarters, 1945. Mountbatten visited the 11th (East African) Division just after elements of the formation had played a part in the decisive Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay fought towards the end of the Burma Campaign. Typed on caption above photograph: '395'; 'SUPREMO VISITS EA DIV.' Typewritten inscription as title, with '395/5'. From photograph album of 190 photographs associated with 11th East African Division and the King’s African Rifles, Burma, 1944-1945. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)
Associated collection
