	Major Gerald R. Owens
	Worcestershire Regiment
	1937-1975.

	Served as Dettingen Platoon commander from April 1963 to April 1964. Died in a climbing accident on Nuptse in the Himalayas.

	Stew Smith



	Gerry Owens was lost on Nuptse on the 9^th. of May 1975, making a bid for the summit. He was last seen climbing in the summit couloir.
	Gerry's death ended a fine mountaineering career: Nuptse would have been his fourth major Himalayan peak in 7 years. In addition he was a fine all round sportsman, playing cricket and hockey for his Regiment, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters. He was an enthusiastic ornithologist. He could on occasion be withdrawn and uncommunicative; on one of these (in the Kulu), he endured an avalanche in total silence as it flowed about him in a highly dangerous situation, and after it had passed ignored my expressions of relief and merely indicated that it was time to descend. He will be greatly missed by his friends, both in the mountains and his Regiment, and their deepest sympathy goes out to his fiancee.
	Gerry died at the height of his powers, at 37. In the 1974 Alpine season he had climbed 5 North Faces in the Oberland. including a solo ascent of the Silberhorn.

	Henry Day

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