Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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George Chambers
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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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Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Written by the 'Separatists' who were passengers on the Mayflower. It was signed by forty-one members while the ship was anchored in what is now Pro...
Sir Hugh Willoughby
Sea captain. Looking for a trade route, the North-East Passage, a 3 ship expedition set sail, from Harwich, with Willoughby in charge and captain of the 'Bona Esperanza'. The Esperanza and the 'Bo...
Charles Johnson
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
David Livingstone
Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed t...
Person, Exploring, Religion, Seriously Famous, Africa, Scotland
Samuel Brown
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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Rev. Henry Allon
Born near Hull. Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with Thomas Lewis, taking sole charge on Lewis's death in 1852, until his own death. Friends with Gladstone and Asquith (wh...
Gerald Durrell
SE21, Alleyn Park, 43
Gerald Durrell, 1925 - 1995, zoologist and writer, lived here as a child. English Heritage
Roper's Garden
SW3, Cheyne Walk, Corner of Old Church Street
Parachute mines were used in the early 40s; the end of the war was characterised by the use of V-1s and V-2s. Parachute mines are recorde...
Hubert Carr-Gomm
Politician and publisher. Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 20 June 1877 in Palamcottah, Madras, India, (now Palayamkottai) and he was also baptised there on 19 August 1877. He was the...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, India, Spain
George Barret Jr
Water colour painter. Born Orchard Street, in December 1767, the third son of George Barret (1732-1784) and Frances Barret née Percy, about four years after his father's arrival from Dublin. Two b...
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