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Maurice Wilson
Maurice Wilson MC (21 April 1898 – 1934) was a British soldier, mystic, mountaineer and aviator who is known for his ill-fated attempt to climb Mount Everest alone in 1934. Often characterised as "eccentric",〔Unsworth, p.587〕 he wished to climb Everest as a platform to promote his belief that the world's ills could be solved by a combination of fasting and faith in God. Despite his lack of mountaineering or flying experience, he succeeded in flying from Britain to India, surreptitiously entering Tibet and climbing as high as on Mount Everest. However, he died in his attempt, and his body was found the following year by a British expedition.
==Early life and wartime service==
Wilson was born in Bradford to a woolen mill owner and would have grown up expecting to work in the mill with his father and brothers. However, the outbreak of the First World War changed his expectations, and he joined the army on his eighteenth birthday.
In the army, Wilson quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a Captain. He fought in the Battle of Passchendaele and later won the Military Cross for his part in an engagement near Meteren where, as the only uninjured survivor of his unit, he single-handedly held a machine gun post against the advancing Germans.〔Powter, p.178〕 The citation for the award read:
Several months later he was seriously injured by machine gun fire and was sent home. His injuries never completely healed, and his left arm in particular caused him pain for the rest of his life.〔Unsworth, p.237〕
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