Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Bridgens
Commemorated ati
John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
Other Subjects
David Leys
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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...
Henry Wilson (Capt)
Sea captain. He was commander of the packet ship The Antelope, which was part of the fleet of the East India Company. In 1783 he was shipwrecked off the island of Ulong. After some initial animosit...
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic...
Thomas Watson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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