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	Streather married his wife Sue (nee Mary Huggan) in April 1956, and they had a daughter and three sons.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/tony-streather-obituary\|title=Tony Streather obituary\|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] \|date=7 November ~~2022~~}}</ref> Streather lived in his later years in the village of [[Hindon, Wiltshire]].<ref name="heraldscotland.com"/> He died on 31 October 2018 at the age of 92. [[Chris Bonington\|Sir Chris Bonington]] spoke at his memorial service in Hindon Parish Church.		Streather married his wife Sue (nee Mary Huggan) in April 1956, and they had a daughter and three sons.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/tony-streather-obituary\|title=Tony Streather obituary\|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] \|date=7 November 2018}}</ref> Streather lived in his later years in the village of [[Hindon, Wiltshire]].<ref name="heraldscotland.com"/> He died on 31 October 2018 at the age of 92. [[Chris Bonington\|Sir Chris Bonington]] spoke at his memorial service in Hindon Parish Church.

	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|British Army soldier and mountaineer (1926–2018)}}
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[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Harry Reginald Antony Streather''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette|issue=47102|supp=y|page=6|date=31 December 1976}}</ref> (24 March 1926 – 31 October 2018) was a [[British Army]] officer who served in the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]], and mountaineer who first-ascended the third-highest mountain in the world, on the [[1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition]], and [[Tirich Mir]]. Streather was the first man ever to climb two peaks higher than {{convert|25000|ft}}.

==Military career==

Streather was originally commissioned into the [[Indian Army]] where he saw service towards the end of the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38117|supp=y|page=5238|date=7 Nov 1947}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] in 1947 and was immediately awarded his 'war rank' of lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38242|supp=y|page=2009|date=23 March 1948}}</ref> He was promoted to [[captain]] in 1953 <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39805|supp=y|page=1653|date=20 March 1953}}</ref> and to [[lieutenant-colonel]] in 1967.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44357|supp=y|page=7384|date=4 July 1967}}</ref> In the [[1965 New Year Honours]] he was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43529|supp=y|page=7|date=1 January 1965}}</ref> and in the [[1977 New Year Honours]] he was promoted to [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==Mountaineering achievements==

As a captain posted to the [[Chitral]] region of Pakistan, Streather was the official government representative in a Norwegian expedition that made the first ascent in 1951 of [[Tirich Mir]] (7,710 m), the highest mountain of the [[Hindu Kush]]. He was initially appointed transport officer, but became a member of the successful summiting team.<ref name=curran>Jim Curran, [http://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2013/11/army-dreamer-portrait-of-tony-streather.html Army Dreamer....... A Portrait of Tony Streather]</ref> On his return to Britain he was invited to join the [[Alpine Club (UK)|Alpine Club]] (he later became its president from 1990–93), and was selected for trials for the [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition]].<ref name=curran/> He 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. Though again originally in charge of logistics, he climbed as high as anyone else and was involved in the dramatic events at 7,800 m.<ref>{{cite book |title=Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston |author-link=Bernadette McDonald |last=McDonald |first=Bernadette |page=122 |year=2007 |publisher=[[The Mountaineers Books]] |isbn=9780898869422 }}</ref>

In 1955, Streather participated in the [[1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition]], the third highest mountain in the world. With [[Norman Hardie]], he reached the summit the day after the first summit party of [[Joe Brown (climber)|Joe Brown]] and [[George Band (climber)|George Band]]. This made him the first man ever to climb two peaks of over {{convert|25000|ft}}.<ref name="heraldscotland.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17211329.obituary-lieutenant-colonel-tony-streather-mountaineer-and-army-officer/|title=Obituary: Lieutenant Colonel Tony Streather; mountaineer and army officer}}</ref> In 1957 he survived an epic near-ascent of [[Haramosh]] (7,397 m).<ref>{{cite book | title = The Last Blue Mountain | author = Barker, Ralph | year = 2006 | publisher = Ripping Yarns.com | isbn = 1-904466-30-3}}</ref> In 1959 he led a successful expedition that included an ascent of [[Malubiting]] Southeast (6,970 m).<ref>[http://c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/1961/408_asia_aaj1961.pdf#search=malubiting H. R. A. Streather: ''Army Mountaineering Association Expedition, 1959, Chogo Lungma Region, Karakoram.'' In: American Alpine Journal 1961, S. 413f. (AAJO)]</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite journal | journal=[[Himalayan Journal]] | url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/35/9/everest-1976# | title=Everest, 1976 | access-date=23 March 2016 | first=M. W. H. | last=Day | volume=35 | date=1979 | editor-first=Soli S. | editor-last=Mehta}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Streather married his wife Sue (nee Mary Huggan) in April 1956, and they had a daughter and three sons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/tony-streather-obituary|title=Tony Streather obituary|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=7 November 2022}}</ref> Streather lived in his later years in the village of [[Hindon, Wiltshire]].<ref name="heraldscotland.com"/> He died on 31 October 2018 at the age of 92. [[Chris Bonington|Sir Chris Bonington]] spoke at his memorial service in Hindon Parish Church.

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gasCh50EU Interview with Tony Streather]
*[http://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2013/11/army-dreamer-portrait-of-tony-streather.html Interview with Tony Streather]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/tony-streather-obituary Obituary in ''The Guardian'']
*[https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17211329.obituary-lieutenant-colonel-tony-streather-mountaineer-and-army-officer/ Obituary in ''The Herald'']
*[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lt-col-tony-streather-obituary-3tksnr67r Obituary in ''The Times'' (subscription required)]

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[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
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