Admiral Earl Mountbatten, ***** Supreme Allied Commander, South ***** Asia (1943-46), viceroy of ***** Governor-General of India (1947-48) and Commander-in-chief, allied force, Mediterranean, since March 1955, photograph at the admiralty today where he has taken up his duties as First Sea Lord. "There is no really secure gaol in this country," reported Lord Mountbatten, wartime military here appointed by the British Government to probe the recent wave of escapes. April 22, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).