Australian explorer. Born Scotland. Trained as a civil engineer and aged 23 emigrated to Australia where 1858 - 62 he made 6 expeditions into the interior searching out new pastures and surveying the land. The first explorer to cross Australia - from North Adelaide to a point near Darwin, Adelaide has a map showing his route. His health was ruined and he returned to Britain in about 1862, dying, unmarried, at the house with the plaque.
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John McDouall Stuart
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John McDouall Stuart
John McDouall Stuart, 1815 - 1866, first explorer to cross Australia, lived a...
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George Kinnaird
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Henry Lloyd
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
E. J. H. Helpman
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
George J. Cann
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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6th Inniskilling Dragoons
Cavalry regiment in the British army. it was one of three regiments raised during the defence of Enniskillen in 1689. The name Inniskilling was used as it was the original name of the town. They se...
1 memorial
St Benet Sherehog Church - blue
EC4, Pancras Lane
The Taxation plaque is the one nearest the camera. The St Benet blue plaque is on the far wall and the St Benet inscribed stone plaque i...
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George Grossmith, Snr
Born London. Entertainer and author. Created a number of the great Gilbert and Sullivan roles, including Bunthorne, possibly modelled on Oscar Wilde. With his brother Weedon wrote the comic novel '...
1 memorial
Liam Hamilton
A family squabble developed into a fight in which Paul Hamilton, 30, of nearby Woodstock Terrace fatally stabbed his cousin, Liam Hamilton, in the back with a large kitchen knife, near the site of ...
1 memorial
Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS
The London Fire Brigade website confirms that the Auxiliary Fire Service was initially formed in January 1938 as part of the WW2 Civil Defence Service. The Firefighters Memorial Trust website state...
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