Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

==Awards and decorations==
{{main|List of titles and honours of Lord Mountbatten}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Country
!Date
!Appointment
!Ribbon
!Post-nominal
letters
!Other
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{flagdeco|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
|1911
|[[King George V Coronation Medal]]
|[[File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |1918
|[[British War Medal]]
|[[File:British War Medal BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|[[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|Victory Medal]]
|[[File:Victory Medal ribbon bar.svg|80px]]
|-
|1920
|[[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon.svg|80px]]
|MVO
|Promoted to KCVO in 1922<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 32086
| date = 15 October 1920
| page = 9987
}} ''MVO''</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1922
|[[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]]
|KCVO
|Promoted to GCVO in 1937<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 32730
| date = 18 July 1922
| page = 5353
}} KCVO</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Kingdom of Spain|1785}} [[Kingdom of Spain (1874-1931)|Kingdom of Spain]]
|[[Order of Isabella the Catholic|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic]]
|[[File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg|80px]]
|gcYC
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="debretts1976">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Gc-AQAAIAAJ |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |publisher=Kelly's Directories |year=1976 |location=Kingston upon Thames, Surrey |page=882 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Kingdom of Egypt}} [[Kingdom of Egypt]]
|[[Order of the Nile|Order of the Nile, Fourth Class]]
|[[File:EGY Order of the Nile - Officer BAR.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|{{flagdeco|Romania}} [[Romania]]
|1924
|[[Order of the Crown (Romania)|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown]]
|[[File:Ro1ocr.gif|80px]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
|1929
|[[Commander of the Order of St John]]
|[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|80px]]
|
|Promoted to KStJ in 1940<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 33453
| date = 1 January 1929
| page = 49
}} </ref>
|-
|1935
|[[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]]
|[[File:King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |1937
|[[King George VI Coronation Medal]]
|[[File:GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png|80px]]
|-
|[[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]]
|[[File:UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon.svg|80px]]
|GCVO
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 34365
| date = 29 January 1937
| page = 693
| supp = y
}} ''GCVO''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Romania}} [[Romania]]
|[[Order of the Star of Romania|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania]]
|[[File:Order of the Star of Romania - Ribbon bar.svg|80px]]
|
|<ref name="debretts1976" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
|1940
|[[Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem|Knight of Justice of the Order of St John]]
|[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|80px]]
|
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 34878
| date = 21 June 1940
| page = 3777
}} </ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1941
|[[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]]
|[[File:Dso-ribbon.png|80px]]
|DSO
|<ref name="dso" />
|-
|{{flagdeco|Kingdom of Greece}} [[Kingdom of Greece]]
|[[War Cross (Greece)|War Cross]]
|[[File:Greek War Cross 1940 3rd class ribbon.png|80px]]
|
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 35538
| date = 24 April 1942
| page = 1850
| supp = y
}} ''Military Cross (Second Class) (Greece)''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
| rowspan="2" |1943
|[[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]
|[[File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg|80px]]
|CB
|Promoted to KCB in 1945
|-
|{{flagdeco|United States|1912}} [[United States]]
|[[Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit]]
|[[File:US Legion of Merit Chief Commander ribbon.png|80px]]
|
|<ref name="diaries">{{harvp|Ziegler|1989|pp=18, 254}}.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" |{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
| rowspan="11" |1945
|[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
|[[File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg|80px]]
|KCB
|Promoted to GCB in 1955<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37023
| date = 6 April 1945
| page = 1893
| supp = y
}} ''KCB''</ref>
|-
|[[1939–45 Star]]
|[[File:39-45 Star BAR.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="10" |
| rowspan="7" |
|-
|[[Atlantic Star]]
|[[File:Atlantic Star BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|[[Africa Star]]
|[[File:Africa Star BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|[[Burma Star]]
|[[File:Burma Star BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|[[Italy Star]]
|[[File:Italy Star BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|[[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]]
|[[File:Defence Medal BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|[[War Medal 1939–1945]]
|[[File:War Medal 39-45 w MID BAR.svg|80px]]
|-
|{{flagdeco|Republic of China}} [[Taiwan|Republic of China]]
|[[Order of the Cloud and Banner|Special Grand Cordon of the Order of the Cloud and Banner]]
|[[File:Order of the Cloud and Banner 1st.gif|80px]]
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37023
| date = 6 April 1945
| page = 1895
| supp = y
}} ''Order of the Cloud and Banner (China)''</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|United States|1912}} [[United States]]
|[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]]
|[[File:Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37299
| date = 5 October 1945
| page = 4954
| supp = y
}} ''DSM (US)''</ref>
|-
|[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon= Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg |width=80}}
|
|-
|{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
| rowspan="2" |1946
|[[Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter]]
|[[File:Order of the Garter UK ribbon.svg|80px]]
|KG
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37807
| date = 3 December 1946
| page = 5945
| supp = y
}} ''KG''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Kingdom of Greece}} [[Kingdom of Greece]]
|[[Order of George I|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of George I]]
|[[File:GRE_Order_of_George_I_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png|80px]]
|
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37777
| date = 1 November 1946
| page = 5418
| supp = y
}} ''Order of George I (Greece)''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Thailand}} [[Thailand|Kingdom of Thailand]]
|21 January 1946
|[[Order of the White Elephant|Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Elephant]]
|[[File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80x80px]]
|PCh (KCE)
|<ref name="AP7-17-65">{{cite news |date=17 July 1965 |title=Draped with Honors Mountbatten Steps Down as Defense Chief |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19650717&id=HCsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4917,2454145 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511183708/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19650717&id=HCsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4917,2454145 |archive-date=11 May 2022 |access-date=13 September 2013 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |via=[[Google News]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{harvp|Ziegler|1988|p=288}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Nepal}} [[Kingdom of Nepal]]
|10 May 1946
|[[Order of the Star of Nepal|Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Nepal]]
|[[File:Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal.PNG|80px]]
| rowspan="3" |
|<ref name="AP7-17-65" /><ref>{{harvp|Ziegler|1988|p=332}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|France}} [[France]]
| rowspan="2" |3 June 1946
|[[Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour]]
|[[File:Legion Honneur GC ribbon.svg|80px]]
|<ref name="AP7-17-65" /><ref name="Ziegler_1988_341">{{harvp|Ziegler|1988|p=341}}</ref>
|-
|[[1939–1945 War Cross (France)|1939–1945 War Cross]]
|[[File:Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 ribbon.svg|80px]]
|<ref name="Ziegler_1988_341" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flagdeco|British India|1785}}[[British Raj|India]]
| rowspan="2" |1947
|[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]
|[[File:ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg|80x80px]]
|GCSI
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37916
| date = 25 March 1947
| page = 1399
| supp = 
}} ''GCSI''</ref>{{refn|As Viceroy and Governor-General of India, who was the ''ex officio'' Grand Master of the order.|name=VGG  |group= n}}
|-
|[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
|[[File:Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg|80px]]
|GCIE
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37916
| date = 25 March 1947
| page = 1399
| supp = 
}} ''GCIE''</ref>{{refn||name=VGG |group= n}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1948
|[[Indian Independence Medal]]
|[[File:Indian Independence medal 1947.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |
|
|-
|{{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
|[[Order of the Netherlands Lion|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
|[[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg|80px]]
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 38176
| date = 13 January 1948
| page = 274
}} ''Order of the Netherlands Lion''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Portugal}} [[Portugal|Portuguese Republic]]
|1951
|[[Order of Aviz|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz]]
|[[File:PRT Military Order of Aviz - Grand Cross BAR.svg|80px]]
|GCA
|<ref name="debretts1976" />
|-
|{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
| rowspan="2" |1952
|[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]]
|[[File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
|
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|{{flagdeco|Sweden}} [[Sweden|Kingdom of Sweden]]
|[[Royal Order of the Seraphim|Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim]]
|[[File:Seraphimerorden ribbon.svg|80px]]
|RSerafO
|-
|{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
|1955
|[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
|[[File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg|80px]]
|GCB
|<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 40497
| date = 3 June 1955
| page = 3258
| supp = y
}} ''GCB''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Burma|1948}} [[Union of Burma (1948–1962)|Union of Burma]]
|1956
|[[Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha|Grand Commander of the Order of Thiri Thudhamma]]
|[[File:Ordine della Verità - divisione militare (Birmania).png|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |
|<ref name="diaries" />
|-
|{{flagdeco|Denmark}} [[Danish Realm|Kingdom of Denmark]]
|1962
|[[Order of the Dannebrog|Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog]]
|[[File:Order of the Dannebrog S.K.svg|80x80px]]
|<ref name="debretts1976" />
|-
|{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
| rowspan="2" |1965
|[[Member of the Order of Merit]] 
|[[File:Galó de l'Orde del Mèrit (UK).svg|80px]]
|OM
|Military Division<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 43713
| date = 16 July 1965
| page = 6729
}} ''OM''</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Ethiopian Empire}} [[Ethiopian Empire]]
|[[Order of the Seal of Solomon|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Seal of Solomon]]
|[[File:ETH Order of Solomon BAR.png|80px]]
|S.K.
|<ref name="debretts1976" />
|-
|{{flagdeco|Maldives}} Maldives
|1972
|[[Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin]]
|[[File:Order of Izzuddin (ribbon).svg|80px]]
| rowspan="4" |
|<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=5 June 2013 |title=President Waheed Confers the order of 'Nishan Izzuddeen" on Palestinian President |url=https://presidencymaldives.gov.mv/Press/Article/12895 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811123420/https://presidencymaldives.gov.mv/Press/Article/12895 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=The President's Office |publisher=Government of the Republic of Maldives}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagdeco|Nepal}} [[Kingdom of Nepal]]
|24 February 1975
|King Birendra Coronation Medal
|[[File:King Birendra Investiture Medal 1975.png|80px]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=28 October 2013 |title=Prince, Charles, Prince of Wales and Lord Mountbatten, wearing full naval uniform, visit Nepal to attend the coronation of King Birendra on January 01, 1975. |url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/prince-charles-prince-of-wales-and-lord-mountbatten-wearing-news-photo/186083536?adppopup=true |access-date=22 September 2024 |publisher=GettyImages}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|UK}}[[United Kingdom]]
|1977
|[[Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal]]
|[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|
|[[Naval General Service Medal (1915)|Naval General Service Medal]]
|[[File:Naval General Service Medal 1915 BAR.svg|80px]]
|}
He was appointed [[personal aide-de-camp]] by Edward VIII, George VI<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34365|date=29 January 1937|page=687|supp=y}} ''Personal Naval Aide-de-Camp to HM The King''</ref> and Elizabeth II, and therefore bore the unusual distinction of being allowed to wear three royal cyphers on his epaulettes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-royalty-lord-mountbatten-107817907.html|title=Royalty – Lord Mountbatten|publisher=Alamy|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=10 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210144731/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-royalty-lord-mountbatten-107817907.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/the-earl-mountbatten-of-burma|title=Earl Mountbatten of Bruma|date=3 March 2016|publisher=International Center of Photography|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613171349/https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/the-earl-mountbatten-of-burma|url-status=live}}</ref>