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BORN “HSH PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG”
ATTENDED OSBORNE NAVAL TRAINING CENTRE
ATTENDED ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, DARTMOUTH
APPOINTED MIDSHIPMAN
PRINCELY  TITLE RELINQUISHED -  BECAME “LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN”
PROMOTED TO SUB-LIEUTENANT
PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT
APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER (MVO)
MARRIED THE HON. EDWINA ASHLEY
APPOINTED KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER (KCVO)
PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER
PROMOTED TO COMMANDER
APPOINTED PERSONAL AIDE-DE-CAMP (ADC) TO HM KING EDWARD VIII
APPOINTED KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER (GCVO)
APPOINTED PERSONAL AIDE-DE-CAMP (ADC) TO HM KING GEORGE VI
PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
APPOINTED HIGH STEWARD OF ROMSEY
PROMOTED TO COMMODORE
AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)
APPOINTED CHIEF OF COMBINED OPERATIONS -
WITH COURTESY RANK OF ACTING VICE-ADMIRAL, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL & AIR MARSHAL
APPOINTED SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA – WITH COURTESY RANK OF ACTING ADMIRAL
APPOINTED COMMANDER OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (CB)
APPOINTED KNIGHT OF JUSTICE OF THE VENERABLE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
APPOINTED KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (KCB)
CREATED “VISCOUNT MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA”
APPOINTED KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER (KG)
REVERTS TO RANK OF REAR-ADMIRAL
APPOINTED VICEROY & GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA
CREATED “EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA & BARON ROMSEY”
APPOINTED PRIVY COUNSELLOR (PC)
APPOINTED KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF THE STAR OF INDIA (GCSI)
APPOINTED KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE (GCIE)
APPOINTED GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE DOMINION OF INDIA
APPOINTED FLAG OFFICER, COMMANDING 1st CRUISER SQUADRON, MEDITERRANEAN FLEET
PROMOTED TO VICE-ADMIRAL
APPOINTED FOURTH SEA LORD
APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN FLEET
APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED FORCES, MEDITERRANEAN
PROMOTED TO ADMIRAL
APPOINTED PERSONAL AIDE-DE-CAMP (ADC) TO HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II
APPOINTED FIRST SEA LORD