Talk:Reade Godwin-Austen

Contradiction with East African Campaign (World War II)
There is a slight contradiction between East African Campaign (World War II) and Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen. The first one states : In mid-August, the British and Commonwealth forces in British Somoliland received minor reinforcements and a new commander, Major-General Alfred Godwin-Austen while the second one During the East African Campaign, Godwin-Austen commanded the British forces in British Somaliland when the Italians invaded the colony from mid-August 1940.. So, the first one assumes that he went into command after the invasion while the second one, that he was in command at the beginning of the invasion. Poppypetty 22:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Godwin-Austen and Ritchie
I was under the impression that Ritchie countermanded the order because he was overruled by Auchinleck who later on in his memoirs failed to put the record straight. Carver 'Dilemmas of the Desert War' may be the source.Keith-264 (talk) 17:51, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

K2 history
K2 is not the 'second-highest mountain in the Karakoram' as the article states. It is the second-highest mountain in the world, and the highest mountain in the Karakoram. (Everest, the highest in the world, is in the Himalaya.)

Reade Godwin-Austen's uncle was indeed K2's discoverer. He plotted its position and its height with remarkable precision from a point high above the Baltoro Glacier in August 1861.

See my biography (the only and authorised one) of Haversham Godwin-Austen,'The K2 Man' (In Pinn, Glasgow 2013).

Catherine Moorehead 79.70.38.238 (talk) 11:19, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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