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.
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Henry Robertson Bowers
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Captain Scott statue
Sculpted by Kathleen Scott, his widow. There is a replica, in Christchurch, N...
Henry Robertson Bowers - Sidcup
Lt, Henry R. Bowers lived here, 1891 - 1897, perished with Captain Scott in t...
Henry Robertson Bowers - SW16
{Beneath a photograph of Bowers:} Henry Robertson "Birdie" Bowers, 1883 - 191...
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Sir Martin Frobisher
Privateer, explorer, and naval commander. Born Normanton, Yorkshire, birth date approximate. Aged 15 sent to London to learn a trade at his uncle's, who was a merchant adventurer. Frobisher expl...
1 memorial
John Handford
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Francis Dunn
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Edgar Evans
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 ...
2 memorials
Drake Navigators Guild
The Drake Navigators Guild is the historical research group which has used multi-disciplinary methods to research Francis Drake’s visit to the west coast of North America in 1579 and related mariti...
1 memorial
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Thomas Wall
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The John Roan Foundation
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1 memorial
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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31 memorials
Colonial Office - S10 - Graham
SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
1 subject commemorated,
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Dr. John Snow
W1, Frith Street, 54
Dr. John Snow, 1813 - 1858, pioneer anaesthetist and epidemiologist lived in a house on this site.
1 subject commemorated
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