Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charles F. des Voeux
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
Other Subjects
Robert O. Sargent
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg is the fictional hero of Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. Without reading the novel we can't confirm the middle 'J'. Inception run a chain of 'Fogg' themed establishm...
2 memorials
Captain Robert Scott
Born Devonport. Royal Navy Antarctic explorer. With four companions, E.A. Wilson, H.R. Bowers, L.E.G. Oates, E. Evans, died returning from the South Pole, having been pipped at the post by Amundsen...
4 memorials
Thomas Watson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Sir Francis Galton
Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...
1 memorial
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Whitechapel drinking fountain
E1, Whitechapel Road, Altab Ali Park
The Evening Standard has a thoughtful piece about this park.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Waltham Forest College alumni
E17, Forest Road, 707
The plaques are just visible in our photo, to the left of the third column from the right. This was built as the South West Essex Techni...
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Tassaduq Ahmed
Born in Assam. He came to London in 1952, founded the Pakistan Welfare Association, and became a leading organiser of the fledgling Bengali language movement. He set up Desher Dak (Call To Land), t...
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Journalism / Publishing, Indian Sub-continent
1 memorial
Ghost of old London Bridge
SE1, Tooley Street
To the casual passerby these strips look like the expansion joints one sees on bridges. It was David Brown who drew our attention to what...
1 subject commemorated
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