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Brigadier-General The Honourable Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 – 12 July 1939) was a veteran Himalayan mountaineer and leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924.
The basis of Bruce's success as a soldier was his remarkable mastery of the languages of the Gurkhas and their neighbours, his zest in their company and his proverbial strength. He is mainly remembered as one of the foremost pioneers in the Himalayas.
Brigadier-general Charles Granville Bruce was the leader of the first of three mountaineering expeditions to be awarded an Olympic medal, following his team’s attack on the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest in 1922.
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28 de abr. de 2022 · Brigadier-General The Honourable Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 at London – 12 July 1939 at London) was a Himalayan veteran and leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924. Background and early life.
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- April 7, 1866
- Finetta Madelina Julia Bruce
- July 12, 1939
CHARLES GRANVILLE BRUCE, M.V.O., C.B. Charles Bruce was born in 1866, the third and youngest son of the first Lord. Aberdare, who was for five years in the 'eighties President of our Society. From 1889 onwards he spent most of his military life at Abbottabad with the 5th Gurkha Rifles.
charles granville bruce 1866–1939 The death in London last July at the age of seventy-three of Brigadier-General The Hon. C. G. Bruce takes away another of the outstanding figures of our day in the alpine world.
Charles Granville Bruce. Brigadier-General The Honourable Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 at London – 12 July 1939 at London) was a Himalayan veteran and leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924.
