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Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce (31 December 1917 – 24 July 1962) was an English mountaineer and author.
Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce was an English mountaineer and author.
Noyce is best known for his mountaineering exploits during the period before the Second World War and until his death in 1962 in the Pamirs; he made a major.

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Wilfrid Noyce

British mountain climber

Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce (31 December 1917 – 24 July 1962) (usually known as Wilfrid Noyce (often misspelt as 'Wilfred'),^[1] some sources give third forename as Frank) was an Englishmountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest.

Life and family

Noyce was born in 1917 in Simla, the British hill station in India. The eldest son of Sir Frank Noyce of the Indian Civil Service and his wife, Enid Isabel, a daughter of W. M. Kirkus of Liverpool, Noyce was educated at St Edmund's School, Hindhead and then Charterhouse, where he became head boy, and King's College, Cambridge, taking a first in Modern Languages.^[2]^[3]^[4] In the Second World War he was initially a conscientious objector, joining the Friends Ambulance Unit.

However, he later chose to serve as a private in the Welsh Guards, before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 19 July 1941.^[4]^[5] He la

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Godalming's Great and Not-so-good: Wilfrid Noyce

Welcome to the latest in our occasional series of profiles of Godhelmians of the past - Godalming's Great and Not-So-Good.

We live in an old town with a rich and fascinating history, a history shaped by the individuals who lived through it and helped make Godalming the town it is today.

This series tells the stories of some of our better-known residents. Today we look at the life and legacy of teacher, writer and mountaineer Wilfrid Noyce.

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The Wilfrid Noyce Centre in Crown Court car park is central to the community life of Godalming. At the moment it houses the Community Store, but in happier times its halls ring to the sounds of groups using it for meetings, parties, music and drama. The new building stands on the site of the former hall, opened in 1962 as a youth club.

Both halls were named after mountaineer Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce (31st December

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Far, Far, The Distant Peak: The Life of Wilfrid Noyce

Wilfrid Noyce is best known for his mountaineering exploits during the period before the Second World War and until his death in 1962 in the Pamirs; he made a major contribution to the success of the 1953 Everest expedition. There were however many other sides to this quiet, diffident unassuming man. This book tells of his scholarly prowess from an age right through Charterhouse and King's College, Cambridge to his War service in India and beyond. He led the cryptography team that broke a key Japanese code and significantly improved the ability of the allies to understand the plans of the Japanese and to intercept the movements of their forces.

After the war he became a schoolmaster, first at Malvern College and, after his marriage in 1950, at his old school, Charterhouse. He taught Classics initially and then French and Italian and was appreciated for the quiet manner in which he delivered his lessons. He was a popular master and many are the boys who are grateful to him for introducing them to the mountains and inspiring th