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John Handford

Categories: Exploring, Tragedy

John Handford

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

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John Handford

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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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John Torrington

John Torrington

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Captain, Sir John Franklin

Captain, Sir John Franklin

Born Lincolnshire. Royal Navy. Governor of Tasmania 1836-43. where there is also a statue. Left England in 1845 leading an expedition of 2 ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to voyage the last unnav...

Person, Exploring, Tragedy, Arctic & Antarctic, Australia

3 memorials
James Reid

James Reid

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Josephus Geater

Josephus Geater

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Armitage

Thomas Armitage

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Windsor Castle pub

Windsor Castle pub

Restored in 1990. Described by Time Out as "this absurd pub, apparently popular with every minor celebrity you can think of". August 2016: Londonist informs that the pub is about to close and has ...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Philip Tilden

Philip Tilden

Architect. In the Wikipedia list of his works none are in London.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
St Mary Woolnoth

St Mary Woolnoth

Has a strong historical connection with the abolitionist movement of the 18th and 19th centuries.  Rev John Newton, a slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist, was rector 1780 – 1807.  Carolin...

Building, Race Issues, Religion

1 memorial
A. G. Chant

A. G. Chant

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

Born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in Hyde Park Gate, London. Drowned herself in the River Ouse Rodmell, Sussex by filling pockets with stones. Virginia and Leonard Woolf lived at no. 52 Tavistock S...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous

9 memorials