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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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Sir Martin Frobisher

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...

Person, Exploring

1 memorial
Henry Robertson Bowers

Henry Robertson Bowers

One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Lieutenant in the Navy. Nicknamed Birdie due to his beak-like nose.

Person, Exploring, Arctic & Antarctic, Scotland

3 memorials
William (Mole man) Lyttle

William (Mole man) Lyttle

Known as the ‘Mole Man’ because he spent forty years digging a series of tunnels under his, and his neighbours' houses in Hackney. It was estimated that he had shovelled out over 100 cubic metres o...

Person, Exploring, Ireland

1 memorial
George Thompson

George Thompson

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial