Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten talking to African non-commissioned officers at Divisional Headquarters, 1945

Photograph, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), 1945.

Mountbatten, Supreme Commander South East Asia, 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.

From an album of 190 photographs associated with the 11th East African Division and the King's African Rifles.