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William Hedges

Categories: Exploring, Tragedy

William Hedges

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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Stephen Borough

Stephen Borough

Explorer and naval administrator.  Born Devon.  Elder brother to William.  Sailed in the same North-East Passage expedition as Willoughby, as captain of the 'Edward Bonaventure', the ship that had ...

Person, Exploring

1 memorial
F. R. M. Crozier

F. R. M. Crozier

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Charles H. Osmer

Charles H. Osmer

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
William Jerry

William Jerry

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Hackney parish watch house

Hackney parish watch house

N16, Lordship Road, 6 - 8

Other watch houses that we have found: Walthamstow, Hampstead, Cannon Lane, Hampstead, Holly Place, Giltspur Street, Rotherhithe, Abbey S...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Dr Noel Bertram Farman

Dr Noel Bertram Farman

Physician and surgeon. He was a GP in Hampstead for 40 years and his obituary in the British Medical Journal, 7 February 1970 makes him sound a lovely doctor.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist and caricaturist. Born Old Jewry. Died 1 James Street. The picture, by Rowlandson, includes a self-portrait, on the left.

Person, Art

2 memorials
John Dixon

John Dixon

Civil Engineer from Newcastle. Freemason. His brother, Waynman, was an engineer and an Egyptologist so was used on the project to bring Cleopatra's Needle to London. There is a legend that Waynman ...

Person, Engineering, Egypt

1 memorial
Captain Thomas Coram

Captain Thomas Coram

Born Lyme Regis, Dorset, where there is now a commemorative tower. Pioneer in the cause of child welfare. He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between England and America. For several ...

Person, Children, Social Welfare, USA

3 memorials