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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