17th Indian Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles
Battles/wars
World War I
Third Anglo-Afghan War
World War II
Awards
Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Order of the Star of Nepal
Major General John Geoffrey BruceCB, DSO, MC (4 December 1896 – 31 January 1972) was an officer in the British Indian Army, eventually becoming Deputy Chief of General Staff, who participated in the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition. Bruce, who had never before climbed a mountain, had been appointed as a transport officer, but chance led to him accompanying George Finch on the only summit attempt that used supplemental oxygen. Together they set a new mountaineering world record height of 27,300 ft (8,321 m), only 1,731.7 ft (527.82 m) below the summit of Mount Everest. He also took part in the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, and for a time was slated to make the first summit attempt with George Mallory, before the party was forced to retreat and Mallory subsequently went for the top with Sandy Irvine.
Major General John GeoffreyBruce CB, DSO, MC (4 December 1896 – 31 January 1972) was an officer in the British Indian Army, eventually becoming Deputy...
frostbitten, and dehydrated. On 27 May 1922, at 6:30 a.m., George Finch, GeoffreyBruce, and Tejbir Bura departed from Camp VI at 25,500 ft (7,772 m) on the...
The next expedition was in 1924. The initial attempt by Mallory and GeoffreyBruce was aborted when weather conditions prevented the establishment of Camp VI...
GeoffreyBruce "Geoff" Squibb (born 27 October 1946) is a former Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council...
GeoffreyBruce Owen Edwards (February 13, 1931 – March 5, 2014) was an American television actor, game show host, and radio personality. Starting in the...
the mission, along with Howard Somervell, Edward "Teddy" Norton and GeoffreyBruce. George Ingle Finch, who had gained the record height in 1922, was proposed...
Indian Army brigadier general GeoffreyBruce (Indian Army officer) (1896–1972), British Indian Army major general Jacob Bruce (1669–1735), Russian Army major...
particular, liked and trusted him. Bruce was wary of oxygen apparatus, nevertheless, George Finch and GeoffreyBruce (Charles's cousin) used oxygen to...
North Col at 6 am. The second climb was done by George Ingle Finch, GeoffreyBruce and the Gurkha officer Tejbir with oxygen support. After Finch had regained...
Legacy.com. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023. Haring, Bruce (June 9, 2023). "Paul Geoffrey Dies: Actor In 'Excalibur' Was 68". Deadline. Retrieved June...
(although British climbers George Mallory, Andrew Irvine, George Finch, GeoffreyBruce, Henry Morshead, Teddy Norton and Howard Somervell had reached higher...
but five other mountains on the planet. A day later, George Finch and GeoffreyBruce climbed up the North Ridge and Face to 8,320 m (27,300 ft) using oxygen...
the Bruce, Highlander and golf courses: it's Scotland in Civilization 6". Eurogamer.net. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Barrow, Geoffrey Wallis...
Wikiquote has quotations related to Geoffrey Burbidge. Bruce Medal page Oral History interview transcript with Geoffrey Burbidge on 15 November 1974, American...
GeoffreyBruce Tasman Lovell (born 11 July 1966) is an Australian former cricketer. Lovell was born at Sydney in July 1966. He studied at The University...
Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been...
climber (X Games, Rock Master, and World Cup), and big wall climber GeoffreyBruce (1896–1972) UK, first to reach 8,300 metres (27,300 ft) on Mount Everest...
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards...
Geoffrey Ronald Robertson AO, KC (born 30 September 1946) is an Australian-British barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Robertson is a founder...
Northeast Ridge. Over the next few days a second group of climbers, GeoffreyBruce and George Finch, using oxygen, made a second unsuccessful attempt on...
OCLC 40072790. Scott, Ronald McNair, Robert the Bruce, p. 87 Barrow, Geoffrey W.S. (1988). Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland. Edinburgh...
exceptional circumstances, which Oliphant was also awarded. A son, GeoffreyBruce Oliphant, was born 6 October 1930, but he died of meningitis on 5 September...
Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He has starred in five films by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan and has...
Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan "Nash" Hyde, is an Australian-English actor. Hyde is perhaps best known...
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