He was murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a bomb on his boat and detonated it while he was on his way to do some fishing in Donegal Bay near his holiday home in the Republic of Ireland.
Lord Louis Mountbatten died as the result of a terror bomb on his yacht. this is all the more shocking as he was a definitely important Admiral in World War II! and the head of Combined operations....
Lord Louis Mountbatten was born HSH Prince Louis of Battenberg, son of HSH Prince Louis of Battenberg and HGDH Princess Louis of Battenberg (who was herself born HGDH Princess Victoria of Hesse and...
Lord Mountbatten was an uncle of Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth's husband. He was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979 in Ireland. See the related link 'Wikipedia - Louis Mountbatten...' to the left for...