HOBJ2941 Accession Number: HOBJ2941

Description

Lady Edwina Mountbatten meets with General (Gen) Matthew B Ridgway, Commander in Chief United Nations Command (left) and Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford, Commander of British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (right), after her arrival in Japan. Lady Mountbatten is visiting hospitals and other medical facilities in Southeast Asia in her capacity as Superintendent in Chief St John Ambulance Brigade, and Chairman of St John and Red Cross Services Hospitals Welfare Department.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2941
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c April 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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