Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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William Hedges
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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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Edwd. Genge
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Thomas Plater
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
James Rioden
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
John Downing
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Captain William Bligh
Naval officer and colonial governor. Born in Plymouth. He served under Captain James Cook and was chosen to command the Bounty on a voyage to Tahiti to collect bread-fruit plants. On the return jo...
Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Australia
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Porbunder in Gujarat. Assassinated in Delhi on the way to prayers. There is another statue of Gandhi i...
Person, Nationalism, Peace, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, India
Queen's Hall
Opened in 1893, destroyed by the Luftwaffe on 10 May 1941. 2024: Described on page 240 of J. B. Priestley's 1930 London-set novel Angel Pavement: "... with its bluey-green walls and gilded organ-p...