John Murray
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Seaman. Baptised at Harwich, Essex, on 29 December 1561. He was the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of the three ships which carried settlers to found the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. I...
Formed to establish British settlements in New Zealand. 5 May 1839 despatched the survey ship Tory to begin the colonisation of New Zealand on the Wakefield Plan.
Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1898-1911. Knight Justice in the Order of St John. Inspector-General Belgrave Ninnis was a Royal Navy surgeo...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Exploring, Medicine
Born Putney. Captain in the Dragoons. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Frost-bitten and weak he saw that he was slowing down the whole team and so, o...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenw...
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.