Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Francis Dunn
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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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John Hammond
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
William Johnson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS
Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenw...
John Hanning Speke
Explorer. Born Devon. The first European, while on an expedition with Richard Burton to East Africa in 1858, to discover Lake Victoria. On a subsequent journey with James Grant in 1862, he confirme...
Joseph Healey
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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