Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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Thomas Armitage
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Robert Thomas
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1488, the first European known to do so since ancient times.
Daniel Arthur
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
William (Mole man) Lyttle
Known as the ‘Mole Man’ because he spent forty years digging a series of tunnels under his, and his neighbours' houses in Hackney. It was estimated that he had shovelled out over 100 cubic metres o...
David Sims
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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Auxiliary Firewoman Violet Irene Pengelly
Firewoman with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Killed during an air-raid at Cubitt Town School which was being used as an emergency depot. She was aged 19. Violet Irene Pengelly was born on 4 January ...
White Horse Cellars at Hatchett's Hotel
This building is still at 66-68 Piccadilly, on the north-east of the junction with Dover Street. Architect: Weatherley and Jones. From British History (written in 1878, just 10 years before Selby...
Bryant and May - Fairfield Works
Halfway along Fairfield Road stands the old Bryant and May Factory. A Grade II listed building designed by Holman and Goodrham. The brick entrance includes a depiction of Noah’s Ark and the word "S...
William George Armstrong
Born Newcastle. Armaments manufacturer and industrialist. Developed the hydraulic accumulator.
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