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Performance TitleJoint Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club to receive the Reports from the Mount Everest Expedition of 1924 [Private]
Performance Date17 October 1924
Performance DayFriday
Main PerformersEarl of Ronaldshay,
Brigadier-General The Hon. C G Bruce,
Lieutenant Colonel E F Norton,
Captain Geoffrey Bruce,
Mr N E Odell,
Prof. Norman Collie - speakers
Performance NotesThe event was attended by Francis Younghusband, Arthur Hinks, Douglas Freshfield, and Sydney Spencer of the Alpine Club, as well as Woolaston and Heron from the 1921 reconnaisaance; Longstaff, Strutt and Finch from 1922; and Hingston, Beetham and Hazard from the 1924 expedition ('Into Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest', Wade Davis, 2012).

Film screen and projection by Mr Noakes.

The event was open only to members of the Geographical Society, the Alpine Club and their immediate friends.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1924/39)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1924/39Joint Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society & the Alpine Club to receive the Reports from the Mount Everest Expedition of 192417 October 1924
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IovazavyhipehJoint Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club to Receive the Reports from the Mount Everest Expedition of 1924 [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/296Royal Geographical Society; 1830-; British geographical society
DS/UK/297Alpine Club; 1857-; British mountaineering club
DS/UK/2829Bruce; Charles Granville (1866-1939); Brigadier-General The Honourable; Himalayan veteran, leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924
DS/UK/2830Norton; Edward Felix (1884-1954); British army officer, mountaineer
DS/UK/2831Odell; Noel Ewart (1890-1987); English geologist, mountaineer
DS/UK/2835Collie; Norman (1859-1942); British scientist, mountaineer, explorer
DS/UK/2836Dundas; Lawrence John Lumley (1876-1961); British Conservative politician, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
DS/UK/2837Bruce; Geoffrey (fl 1924); Captain; British army officer, mountaineer
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