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
Commemorated ati
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.
Other Subjects
Samuel Crispe
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
David Young
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Thomas Terry
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
First settlement in Australia
Established at Sydney by Admiral Arthur Phillip.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Wall of the Ancestors - leftmost
SE8, George Beard Road, Aragon Tower, north-east (riverside) wall of
According to the plaque these are, clockwise from top left: Pete Pope, Tony O'Leary, Grinling Gibbons, Shirley Stewart. Transpontine con...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
John Keats - NW3
NW3, Keats Grove, Keats House
Here he wrote "Ode to a nightingale" after falling in love with a neighbour's daughter, Fanny Brawne. Nice post on a visit here from Spi...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Siddons
W2, St Mary's Square, Blossom Lower School
Siddons lived at Westbourne Green, 1805 - 17, and is buried in St Mary’s Churchyard.
1 subject commemorated
Alfred Stevens
NW3, Eton Villas, 9
This is a delightful but unusual row of houses - with the gardens at their front.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Benjamin Creswick
Sculptor. 1880s-1920s active around Birmingham. His best known work in London is the terracotta frieze at Cutler's Hall.
1 memorial
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