Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Diggle
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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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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
William Moorcroft
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
1 memorial
William Pilkington
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Sir Francis Galton
Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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V1 and V2 rockets
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
28 memorials
Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake, DBE, MD, MS
Surgeon (and a skilled boxer and cricket-player). Born Essex. Studied medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women. Her Wikipedia page gives much information about this lady. Louisa Brand...
1 memorial
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