Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameEdward Oswald SHEBBEARE 
, 5451
, 5451Birth1884
Death1964
EducationCharterhouse
FatherRev Charles Hooper SHEBBEARE , 5412 (1824-1887)
MotherLucy Marian INGE , 5413
Notes for Edward Oswald SHEBBEARE
2nd I/C Everest Expedition.
Edward Shebbeare (“Shebby”) acted as transport officer on the 1924 and 1933 expeditions, and was also appointed Deputy Leader by Ruttledge in 1933. Although not himself a climber, he reached the North Col that year at the age of nearly 50.
Shebbeare was educated at Charterhouse School and embarked on a long career with the Indian Forestry Department in 1906.
In 1938 he went to Malaya to serve as Chief Game Warden and was held as a Prisoner-of-War by the Japanese in Singapore from 1942 to 1945. Shebbeare was a respected author on forestry, natural history, and elephants.
Edward Shebbeare (“Shebby”) acted as transport officer on the 1924 and 1933 expeditions, and was also appointed Deputy Leader by Ruttledge in 1933. Although not himself a climber, he reached the North Col that year at the age of nearly 50.
Shebbeare was educated at Charterhouse School and embarked on a long career with the Indian Forestry Department in 1906.
In 1938 he went to Malaya to serve as Chief Game Warden and was held as a Prisoner-of-War by the Japanese in Singapore from 1942 to 1945. Shebbeare was a respected author on forestry, natural history, and elephants.