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The larger than life size statue stands 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) high and depicts Lord Mountbatten in his admiral's uniform, displaying his honours including the Order of the Garter and the Order of Merit, and holding binoculars in his right hand. Hidden in the left leg of the statue is a jam jar containing coins, press cuttings and details of the sculptor's commission. The inscription on the north side of the plinth gives Lord Mountbatten's retiring rank, title, honours and year of birth and death: "ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / THE EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA / KG PC GCB OM GCSI / GCIE GCVO DSO FRS / 1900–1979". The inscription on the west side lists several of the official positions he held during and after the Second World War: Chief of Combined Operations (1941–1943) and Supreme Allied Commander in South East Asia (1943–1946), the last Viceroy of India (1947) and first Governor-General of India (1947–1948), First Sea Lord (1955–1959) and Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–1965).The bronze statue was erected on a small open area on the north side of the junction of Downing Street and Horse Guards Road, to the west of the Garden of 10 and 11 Downing Street.  It is mounted on a Portland stone plinth, on a stone base with four steps, with the standing figure of Mountbatten facing north across Horse Guards Parade towards the Old Admiralty Building.  The green where the statue stands was formerly known as Foreign Office Green but latterly as Mountbatten Green.  Public access to the green was prohibited due to security concerns in 2001.
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