Charles Wylie (officer)

For other people with the same name, see Charles Wylie (disambiguation).

Charles Geoffrey Wylie (December 24, 1919 - July 1, 2007) was a British Army Lieutenant Colonel who served with 10th Ghurka Rifles [1] and was the organising secretary to the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.[2]

Wylie was also an early member of the Army Mountaineering Association, membership number 142, joining in April 1958 shortly after the Association's inauguration in 1957.

References

  1. ↑ "Supplement to the London Gazette". The London Gazette. 19 December 1961. p. 9291. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Wylie". The Guardian. 27 Jul 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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