To the intrepid young Bellot of the French navy who in the endeavour to rescue Franklin shared the fate and the glory of that illustrious navigator.
From his British admirers, 1853.
{The river-facing side carries:}
Bellot
33ft high red granite. Described in detail at the splendid PMSA.
SE10, Five Foot Walk, Royal Naval College
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Bellot memorial obelisk
Explorer. Born Paris. For his participation in the 1845 Anglo-French exped...
Born Lincolnshire. Royal Navy. Governor of Tasmania 1836-43. where there is a...
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Bellot memorial obelisk
Architect. His father and grandfather were both architects with the name Tho...
From the inscriptions it seems that the obelisk was created as a WW1 memorial...
Originally erected near Waithman's shop in Fleet Street at its junction with ...
2016: We took a close-up photo of the most legible corner - the rest is just ...
{On the front face of the plinth:}To the glory of GodErected by the officers,...
