Charles Wylie | |
Birth Name: | Charles Geoffrey Wylie |
Birth Date: | 24 December 1919 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Battles: | Second World War |
Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
Commands: | 10th Royal Gurkha Rifles |
Charles Geoffrey Wylie OBE (24 December 1919 – 18 July 2007) was a British Army lieutenant colonel who served with 10th Gurkha 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. He was appointed OBE in the 1995 New Year Honours.