Erection date: 1855
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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bellot memorial obelisk
Architect. His father and grandfather were both architects with the name Tho...
The inscription is badly deteriorated, so we have copied the inscription from the Historic England website.
Diamond Geezer has a very good post on this piece of street furniture but, surprisingly, he does not comment on the accuracy of the measu...
The language on the panels becomes increasingly convoluted and some of the abbreviations and Latin require clarification. Panel 1 - We b...
The plaque to the Mayoralty is attached low down on the base of the obelisk.
Pink granite, 68.5 feet high, 186 tons. Vulliamy created, and Youngs cast, the bronze sphinxes at the base, about which our colleague, Al...
Weightlifter. Born David Mark Berger in Cleveland, Ohio. He emigrated to Israel, and was chosen to represent the country in their 1972 Olympic team. He was one of eleven members of the Israeli team...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, USA
A nearby information board gives: These ruins are all that remain of the palace of the powerful Bishops of Winchester, one of the largest and most important buildings in medieval London. Founded i...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Both memorial stones were originally located in the nearby St James's Church (in Fore Street, south of Cowper Road), which has been conve...
Poet and writer. Born Pennsylvania, moved to London in 1911 as an Imagist poet. Her work was often infused with Greek mythology and she had a particular interest in the poetry of Sappho. Spent mu...
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