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Statue

Captain Scott statue

Erection date: 5/11/1915

Inscription

{On a brass plaque fixed to the front of the plinth:}
Robert Falcon Scott, Captain Royal Navy, who with four companions, E.A. Wilson, H.R. Bowers, L.E.G. Oates, E. Evans, died March 1912 returning from the South Pole.
Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.
From Scott's diary.
{Along the base of the plinth:}
Erected by officers of the fleet.

Sculpted by Kathleen Scott, his widow. There is a replica, in Christchurch, New Zealand, carved in marble, white as the Antarctic.

Site: Captain Scott statue (1 memorial)

SW1, Waterloo Place

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Henry Robertson Bowers

One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Po...

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Edgar Evans

Born Wales. Met Scott when both were serving in the Royal Navy. One of Scott...

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Lawrence E. G. Oates

Born Putney. Captain in the Dragoons. One of Scott's four companions who died...

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Captain Robert Scott

Born Devonport. Royal Navy Antarctic explorer. With four companions, E.A. Wil...

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Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Po...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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officers of the fleet

Erected the statue to Scott in Waterloo Place in 1915.

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Lady Kathleen Scott

Sculptor. Born as (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Bruce, in Nottinghamshire. Married ...

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