C. R. Cooke

Conrad Reginald Cooke
Born (1901-08-31)31 August 1901
India
Died 27 December 1996(1996-12-27) (aged 95)
Maidstone, Kent, England
Years of service 1940 1946
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Awards OBE

Lieutenant-Colonel Conrad Reginald Cooke, OBE (31 August 1901 27 December 1996) was an English early Himalayan mountaineer. In 1935, alone and without oxygen, he reached the summit of Kabru North. His achievement remained the highest solo climb until 1953. [1]

In June 1944 while Director of Line Construction, Posts and Telegraphs, New Delhi, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2]

He was emergency commissioned into the Indian Army on the 13 December 1940[3] and was released as a Major with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 November 1946.[4]


References

  1. Isserman, Maurice (2008). Fallen Giants. New Haven CT: Yale University Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-300-11501-6.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36544. p. 2588. 2 June 1944. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. London Gazette 2 May 1941
  4. London Gazette 10 September 1948
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