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Charles Best

Categories: Exploring, Tragedy

Charles Best

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

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Charles Best

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John Franklin statue

{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...

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Thomas Terry

Thomas Terry

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial
John Downing

John Downing

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial
E. J. H. Helpman

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Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial
William Strong

William Strong

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial

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British film pioneer.  Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh.  Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography.  1896 he introduced the first programme of films t...

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M. G. Burtwell

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King Charles III

King Charles III

One-time patron of the Goon Show Preservation Society. On the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022, Charles, the longest-serving British heir apparent, went from Prince of W...

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27 memorials