Born Wales. Met Scott when both were serving in the Royal Navy.
One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Injured on the way to the pole he was the first to die.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Edgar Evans
Commemorated ati
Captain Scott statue
Sculpted by Kathleen Scott, his widow. There is a replica, in Christchurch, N...
Henry Robertson Bowers - SW16
{Beneath a photograph of Bowers:} Henry Robertson "Birdie" Bowers, 1883 - 191...
Other Subjects
Captain Matthew Flinders
Explorer and navigator of the Australian seas. Born in Donington, Lincolnshire. Invented the Flinders Bar, a device for counteracting the vertical component of a ship's magnetic field, and gave Aus...
William Rhodes
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Samuel Brown
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
James Fitzjames
Role on the lost expedition: Captain on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Abraham Seely
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.