What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Andrew ‘Sandy’ Comyn Irvine 1902 - 1924 Mountaineer Lived Here last seen 'going strong for the top' of Mount Everest on 8th June 1924 Recorded plaque organisation: Wirral Council.
Andrew Comyn Irvine, alongside George Mallory, was part of the 1924 British Mountaineering Expedition to Mount Everest; they disappeared during their attempt to be the first to summit Everest, contributing to one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries.
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