Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alexander Wilson
Commemorated ati
John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
Other Subjects
David Young
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
John Ratcliffe
Mariner and colonist. His family name appears to have originally been Sicklemore, and why he chose to call himself Ratcliffe remains a riddle. He was captain of the 'Discovery', one of three ships ...
Bartholomew Gosnold
Explorer. Born in Grundisburgh, Suffolk. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod, and is considered to be the prime mover in the colonisation of Virginia. He captained the 'Godspe...
Sir Francis Drake
Sea captain, explorer and pirate. Born in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon. He spent his formative years in the house of his cousin Sir John Hawkins and by 1565 was voyaging to Guinea and the Spani...
Captain Robert Scott
Born Devonport. Royal Navy Antarctic explorer. With four companions, E.A. Wilson, H.R. Bowers, L.E.G. Oates, E. Evans, died returning from the South Pole, having been pipped at the post by Amundsen...
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