I’ve run across a few oddities and questions I would like to know
about…if you
don’t mind, I have them right here:

1. About famous Lord Louis Mountbatton, Viceroy of India (wasn’t he?), and
Admiral. Reading a book lately, I have come across a sentence which
stated that
he was actually a (comparatively) pretty low-rated officer (Captain?
Lieutenant?) with a high acting rank. The question is, can anybody
tell me what
exactly Lord Louis’ rank(s) was/were? How high did he get in “acting”
rank, and
how high was his normal rank?

2. S.E.Morison in “The Two-Ocean War” states that six American Admirals were
killed in action: Kidd, Scott, Callaghan, Chandler, Mullinnix, Royal. I found
out about the deaths of the former five, but the latter, Royal, was not
mentioned anywhere. He was I believe Rear-Admiral Frederick B. Royal,
commanding
several smaller landing operations in the Visayas (Philippine
Archipelago), but
the circumstances of his death are not related. Does anybody know them?

Thanks,
Tim

Tim Lanzendoerfer | “I have just taken on a great
Amateur Naval Historian | responsibility. I will do my
Email: BWV_Wiesbaden@t-online.de | utmost to meet it” – Nimitz
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