History 
The British have had an interest in Mount Everest, when in 1808 they began the process of locating and naming the world's highest mountain, to wanting to be the first to put a Expedition on the highest summit in the world.
Here you will find details of the British Mount Everest Expeditions from 1921 to the present day. I have done my best in making this information as accurate as possible, but if you see that I have made a mistake then please let me know.
Name: The Reconnaissance
Year: 1921
Season: Spring
Route: North Col - North Face
Leader: Charles Howard-Bury (UK)
Height Reached: 7000m
Members: Harold Raeburn (UK), Guy Bullock (UK), Henry Morshead (UK), Alexander Kellas (UK), Alexander Wollaston (UK), George Mallory (UK), Edward Wheeler (UK), Alexander Heron (UK),
Deaths: Alexander Kellas and one Porter died on the approach march
Reason Summit Not Reached: Route was found to be too difficult
Name: The Assault On Mount Everest
Year: 1922
Season: Spring
Route: North Col - North Face
Leader: Charles Bruce (UK)
Height Reached: 8320m
Members: George Finch (Australia), Edward Norton (UK), Howard Somervell (UK), Arthur Wakefield (UK), George Mallory (UK), Colin Crawford (UK), Henry Morshead (UK), Thomas Longstaff (UK), Geoffrey Bruce (UK), Charles Morris (UK), John Noel (UK), Edward Strutt (UK)
Deaths: Dorje Sherpa, Lhakpa Sherpa, Norbu Sherpa, Pasang Sherpa, Pema Sherpa, Remba Sherpa, Sande Sherpa. All were killed in an avalanche below the North Col
Reason Summit Not Reached: Route was found to be too difficult and lack of strength
Name: The Fight For Everest
Year: 1924
Season: Spring
Route: North Col - North Face
Leader: Edward Norton (UK) (Edward replaced Charles Bruce due to illness)
Height Reached: 8570m
Members: George Mallory (UK), Howard Somervell (UK), John Hazzard (UK), Andrew Irvine (UK), Noel Odell (UK), Bently Beetham (UK), John Noel (UK), Geoffrey Bruce (UK), Edward Shebbeare (UK), Richard Hingston (UK)
Deaths: George Mallory killed due to a fall. Andrew Irvine, possible fall. Also Shamsher Gurkha (Porter) and Man Bahadur Gurkha (Porter) both died of exposure
Reason Summit Not Reached: Expedition was abandoned after the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine
Name: Attack On Everest
Year: 1933
Season: Spring
Route: North Col - North Face
Leader: Hugh Ruttledge (UK)
Height Reached: 8570m
Members: Frank Smythe (UK), Eric Shipton (UK), Jack Longland (UK), Eugene Birnie (UK), Raymond Greene (UK), Percy Wyn Harris (UK), Edward Shebbeare (UK), Laurence Wager (UK), George Wood-Johnson (UK), Hugh Boustead (UK), Colin Crawford (UK), Tom Brocklebank (UK), E Thompson (UK), William Smith-Windham (UK), William Maclean (UK)
Deaths: None
Reason Summit Not Reached: Route found to be too difficult
Name:
Year: 1934
Season: Spring
Route: North Col
Leader: Maurice Wilson (UK)
Height Reached: 6900m
Members: Tewang Sherpa (NEPAL), Rinzing Sherpa (NEPAL), Tsering Sherpa (NEPAL)
Deaths: Maurice Wilson from exposure
Reason Summit Not Reached: His death
Name:
Year: 1935
Season: Summer
Route: North Col
Leader: Eric Shipton (UK)
Height Reached: 7000m
Members: Harold Tilman (UK), Charles Warren (UK), Edmund Wigram (UK), Leslie Byrant (NZ), Michael Spender (UK), Edwin Kempson (UK)
Deaths: None
Reason Summit Not Reached: Bad snow and avalanches
Name: Everest The Unfinished Adventure
Year: 1936
Season: Spring
Route: North Col
Leader: Hugh Ruttledge (UK)
Height Reached: 7000m
Members: Frank Smythe (UK), Eric Shipton (UK), Percy Wyn Harris (UK), Charles Warren (UK), Edmund Wigram (UK), Edwin Kempson (UK), Peter Oliver (UK), James Gavin (UK), John Morris (UK), William Smyth-Windham (UK), Gordon Humphreys (UK)
Deaths: None
Reason Summit Not Reached: High winds and storms
Name:
Year: 1938
Season: Spring
Route: East Rongbuk Glacier - North Col
Leader: Harold Tilman (UK)
Height Reached: 8300m
Members: Frank Smythe (UK), Eric Shipton (UK), Peter Lloyd (UK), Peter Oliver (UK), Charles Warren (UK)
Deaths: None
Reason Summit Not Reached: Due to avalanches and deep snow
Name: The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition
Year: 1951
Season: Autumn
Route: South East Ridge
Leader: Eric Shipton (UK)
Height Reached: 6000m
Members: Michael Ward (UK), William Murray (UK), Tom Bourdillon (UK), Edmund Hillary (NZ), Harold Riddiford (NZ)
Deaths: None
Reason Summit Not Reached: Route was found to be too difficult
Name:
Year: 1953
Season: Spring
Route: South Col - South East Ridge
Leader: John Hunt (UK)
Height Reached: Summit
Members: Edmund Hillary (NZ), George Lowe (UK), Alfred Gregory (UK), Tom Bourdillon (UK), Charles Evans (UK), George Band (UK), Wilfrid Noyce (UK), Michael Westmacott (UK), Charles Wylie (UK), Michael Ward (UK), Tom Stobart (UK), Griffith Pugh (UK), Tenzing Norgay (INDIA)
Deaths: None
Summit Reached By: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the 29th May
