Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson
Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.
James Fitzjames
Role on the lost expedition: Captain on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Willliam Colbeck
Explorer. Born at 8 Myton Place, Hull. He made several expeditions to Antarctica, including one which convinced him of the best route to the south pole. This was later followed by Roald Amundsen, w...
Edward Maria Wingfield
Colonist. Born in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton. His second Christian name, derived from the fact that his father was a godson of Henry VII's daughter Mary, and it survived in the family for sever...
Henry Peglar
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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H. E. Cockell
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
King's Bench Prison
Established in medieval times as a place to hold prisoners of the King's Bench court, primarily debtors. It was originally sited in Angel Place, off Borough High Street, just north of what is now J...
Fleming - Nobel Prize
W2, South Wharf Road, St Mary's Hospital - Medical School building
Fleming Discovered Penicillin {Around the profile bust:} Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945
Alfred Wallace
CR0, St Peters Road, 44
Wallace Fund identifies this house as 'Pen-y-Bryn' which Wallace rented 1880 - May 1881. There is a timeline there giving his other addre...
PP - GFW
EC1, Edward Street
We can find no maker, nor date for the erection of this memorial, but its position (outside and to the left of the loggia), the quality o...
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