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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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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Alexander McDonald
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Richard Wall
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
William Shanks
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Thomas Evans
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Luke Smith
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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George Simkins
George Simkins was born on 17 April 1905 in Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire, the youngest of the four children of Frederick Henry Simkins (1869-1940) and Emily Simkins née Asher (1868-1956). In ...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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