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James Thompson

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James Thompson

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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James Thompson

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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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Phileas Fogg

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...

Fiction, Exploring, Fictional

2 memorials
William Rhodes

William Rhodes

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Hartnell

Thomas Hartnell

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Torrington

John Torrington

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS

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...

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Rev. the Hon. Edward Carr Glyn

Rev. the Hon. Edward Carr Glyn

Vicar of St Mary Abbots, Kensington in 1894. Bishop of Peterborough 1896 - 1916.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Senior Commander Marjorie Wilson Anderson

Senior Commander Marjorie Wilson Anderson

Marjorie Wilson Anderson was born in 1902 in Ballee, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), her birth being registered in June 1902. She was the elder daughter of Samuel Wilson A...

Person, Ireland

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Bishop Bonner

Bishop Bonner

SW6, Bishop's Avenue, Fulham Palace Gardens

Londonist brought this engaging multiple memorial to our attention. Information about visiting Fulham Palace. Bishop Porteus looks out c...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Marshalsea 2 - steel

Marshalsea 2 - steel

SE1, Borough High Street, Angel Alley

The plaque refers to 'wall mounted artworks' but we did not see any on our visit in 2012, unless the plaques now in the ground used to be...

3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

SW7, Kensington Gore

Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. Sharp-eyed Cha...

41 subjects commemorated, 8 creators