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:
H. T. D. Le Vesconte
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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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Bartholomew Gosnold
Explorer. Born in Grundisburgh, Suffolk. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod, and is considered to be the prime mover in the colonisation of Virginia. He captained the 'Godspe...
1 memorial
Solomon Tozer
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Sir Francis Drake
Sea captain, explorer and pirate. Born in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon. He spent his formative years in the house of his cousin Sir John Hawkins and by 1565 was voyaging to Guinea and the Spani...
6 memorials
Captain William Bligh
Naval officer and colonial governor. Born in Plymouth. He served under Captain James Cook and was chosen to command the Bounty on a voyage to Tahiti to collect bread-fruit plants. On the return jo...
Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Australia
3 memorials
Edmund Hoar
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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Henry Robertson Bowers
One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Lieutenant in the Navy. Nicknamed Birdie due to his beak-like nose.
3 memorials
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
A London livery company. Originally part of the Grocers’ Company, they separated when they were granted their own royal charter in 1617. The Apothecaries Act of 1815 granted them the power to lice...
1 memorial
Field Marshal Viscount William Slim
Field Marshal. Born near Bristol, brought up in Birmingham. Fought and wounded in WW1. 14th Army Burma, 1943 - 1945, recaptured Burma from the Japanese in WW2. 1953 - 1960 Governor General of Austr...
1 memorial
John Burns
SW4, Clapham Common North Side, 110
London County Council John Burns, 1858-1943, statesman, lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dickens bust - EC1
EC1, Holborn, 273, Holborn Bars (ex-Prudential Building)
Dickens lodged at Furnival's Inn while writing the first part of Pickwick Papers.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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