Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Reginald Antony Streather was a British Army officer who served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, and mountaineer who first ascended the third-highest mountain in the world, Kangchenjunga, on the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition, and Tirich Mir.
11 Facts About Tony Streather
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Tony Streather was originally commissioned into the Indian Army where he saw service towards the end of the Second World War.
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Tony Streather transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1947 and was immediately awarded his 'war rank' of lieutenant.
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Tony Streather was promoted to captain in 1953 and to lieutenant-colonel in 1967.
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Tony Streather was initially appointed transport officer, but became a member of the successful summiting team.
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Tony Streather was rejected for the latter because of a lack of technical experience, but nearly at the same time was invited to join the 1953 American Karakoram Expedition, which attempted a far more technical route up K2, the second highest mountain in the world.
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In 1955, Tony Streather participated in the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition, the third highest mountain in the world.
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Tony Streather led the 1976 British and Nepalese Army Expedition to Everest, which successfully put two British Army climbers on the summit: Bronco Lane and Brummie Stokes.
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Tony Streather married his wife Sue in April 1956, and they had a daughter and three sons.
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Tony Streather lived in his later years in the village of Hindon, Wiltshire.
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Tony Streather died on 31 October 2018 at the age of 92.