Career Until 1921
Howard-Bury was always interested in climbing as a youth, which led him to take up the larger routes in Austrian Alps. He joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1904 and was posted to India, where he went travelling and big game-hunting. In 1905 he secretly entered Tibet without permission and was rebuked by Lord Curzon. His early travel diaries date from 1906 and show his keen powers of observation, encyclopaedic knowledge of natural history, and linguistic ability.
At the outset of WWI he rejoined his regiment and served with distinction as frontline officer on the Somme & throughout the conflict. He was captured during the German Spring Offensive in 1918 making a dramatic escape from his POW camp before recapture 10 days later. For a full referenced account with further details of his life see " Into the Silence" by Wade Davis 2011.
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