Person    | Male  Born 15/2/1874  Died 5/1/1922

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Arctic & Antarctic, Ireland

Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic on his ship Quest moored in South Georgia.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Ernest Shackleton

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Hay's Wharf - riverside

Hay's Galleria In the mid 1850's, following the steady rise of the River Tham...

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Shackleton statue

In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a...

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Sir Ernest Shackleton - SE26

Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) antarctic explorer, lived here. L.C.C.

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Other Subjects

John Bailey

John Bailey

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Daniel Bryant

Daniel Bryant

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
James Hart

James Hart

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Strickland

John Strickland

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Joseph René Bellot

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...

Person, Exploring, France

1 memorial

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C. E. Cross

C. E. Cross

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
Plaque to a lost plaque commemorating the Great Fire

Plaque to a lost plaque commemorating the Great Fire

EC3, Monument Street

This plaque appears to be that oddest of things, a plaque commemorating a lost plaque but it's not lost, it's in the Museum of London. 

3 subjects commemorated
Epstein at TUC

Epstein at TUC

WC1, Great Russell Street, Congress House

This sculpture was commissioned for the building as a war memorial commemorating the sacrifices of trade unionists in the two world wars....

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Karl Pearson

Karl Pearson

NW3, Well Road, 7

Greater London Council Karl Pearson, 1857 - 1936, pioneer statistician, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Surbiton war memorial - WW2 names

Surbiton war memorial - WW2 names

KT6, Ewell Road

The Belcher plaque is on the stone in the foreground of our photo, and the St Mark's cairn and WW2 memorials behind it.

War dead | WW2
464 subjects commemorated