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.
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...
Shackleton statue
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a...
Sir Ernest Shackleton - SE26
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) antarctic explorer, lived here. L.C.C.
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John Kenley
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
William Moorcroft
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
1 memorial
John Bridgens
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Christopher Newport
Seaman. Baptised at Harwich, Essex, on 29 December 1561. He was the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of the three ships which carried settlers to found the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. I...
1 memorial
Thomas R. Farr
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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Tachbrook - Foundation
SW1, Bessborough Street
Pulford Street and the Equitable Gas Works used to occupy this six acre site. In the 1930s the Pulford Street Site Committee was respons...
3 subjects commemorated
Ealing Studios
Television and film production company and facilities provider. White Lodge on Ealing Green was first used for making films in 1902. Basil Dean acquired it in 1929 and, under the name Associated...
1 memorial
1 memorial