General Mountbatten always seemed kind of swishy. He also made some very bad calls in WW2 that lead to many Allied deaths.
Cue up the Ray Davies and Kinks-- There's no England now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuGFlP5Duuw
Wrong service. Lord Louis Mountbatten served 52 years in the Royal Navy and retired with the rank of Fleet Admiral, but was never in the British Army.