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 Torrington
Commemorated ati
John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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John Handford
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Henry the Navigator
Prince. Born in Porto, Portugal. Son of King John I of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster, John of Gaunt's daughter. His soubriquet is misleading, as he did most of his 'navigating' from dry land ...
Joseph René Bellot
Explorer. Born Paris. For his participation in the 1845 Anglo-French expedition to Madagascar Bellot received the Legion of Honour. 1851 he joined Captain Kennedy's expedition to find the Frank...
Robert Thomas
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson
Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.
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SE15, Linden Grove, Nunhead Cemetery
This monument, now lost, was paid for by public subscription. This photo comes from the BBC, where it is captioned: "The life-size bronze...
Ram Mohun Roy
Indian scholar and reformer. Born Bengal. Worked to abolish the Hindu tradition of sati, where a widow joins her husband on the funeral pyre. For his last three years he was the ambassador to Bri...
St Bartholomew by the Exchange
Church recorded since the 13th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1841 so that Threadneedle Street could be widened.
Charles Edward Ives
W1, Half Moon Street, 17
In the photo the plaque is above the snowman's head. One doesn't get to say that very often.
Ray Mears
Television personality and author. Born Raymond Paul Mears in Kenley, Croydon. Presenter of several television programmes about bushcraft and survival techniques.
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