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John Downing

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John Downing

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

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John Downing

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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 Francis Drake

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...

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6 memorials
Thomas Johnson

Thomas Johnson

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
William Moorcroft

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
Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Samuel Lewis

Samuel Lewis

Moneylender and philanthropist. A jew, born in a slum in Birmingham, who worked his way into being an established travelling jeweller by 1867, when he married and came with his wife, Ada, to London...

Person, Philanthropy

2 memorials
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott

Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott

Lord Mayor of London from 1879 to 1880.  Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.  His son, George, was Lord Mayor from 1908 to 1909 and was the 1st Baronet Truscott of Oakleigh.

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4 memorials
George Berridge

George Berridge

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

"Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" - first line in Shakespeare's Richard II. Fourth son of Edward III. Younger brother to the Black Prince. Uncle to Richard II. Born in Ghent. Lived at th...

Person, Politics & Administration, Royalty

2 memorials
Incorporated Society of Musicians - London Section
2 memorials