Memorial: M5531

Statue at Spilsby, Lincolnshire commemorating Sir John Franklin d. 1847

Location

Market Place, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'SIR JOHN FRANKLIN / DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE/BORN AT SPILSBY / APRIL 1786 / DIED IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS / JUNE 1847'

Details

Description: Full-length figure in uniform, holding a telescope in the right hand, an anchor behind.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze
Artists: Charles Bacon

People

Franklin, John
Age: 61
Date of Death: 11/6/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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