Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas McConvey
Commemorated ati
John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
Other Subjects
Bungaree
Or Boongaree. Aboriginal Australian from the Kuringgai people of the Broken Bay area north of Sydney. Known as an explorer, entertainer, and Aboriginal community leader. Worked with Flinders as as...
Frederick Hornby
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
James Fitzjames
Role on the lost expedition: Captain on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Edward Whymper
Mountaineer and wood-engraver. Born at Lambeth Terrace, Kennington Road. He trained as a wood-engraver, producing alpine scenery drawings. He made the first ascent of many peaks in the Mont Blanc M...
Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg is the fictional hero of Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. Without reading the novel we can't confirm the middle 'J'. Inception run a chain of 'Fogg' themed establishm...
Previously viewed
St Martin's Gardens - restored
NW1, St Martin's Gardens, Camden Street
We initially struggled to identify just who the Countess of Rosebery was in 2006, being led astray by what we have to put down to an erro...
Workers killed at work (builders)
The thousands of building workers who have lost their lives at work. Researching one of these terrible events reminded us that we have found other memorials to people who died in 'accidents' at wo...
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - W1
W1, Upper Berkeley Street, 20
London County Council Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836 - 1917, the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain, lived here.
AC Cobra
Designed in 1962 by AC Cars in collaboration with Carroll Shelby, this was generally acknowledged to be one of the fastest two-seater production sports cars in the world. It went on to achieve fam...
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