Memorial at Roath Park Lake, Cardiff commemorating Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN and his companions d. 1912
Location
Roath Park Lake, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN R.F. SCOTT C.V.O., D.S.O., R.N. / AND HIS FAITHFUL COMPANIONS / CAPTAIN L.E.G. OATES. LIEUT. H.R. BOWERS R.I.M. / WHO SAILED IN THE S.S. TERRA NOVA FROM THE PORT OF CARDIFF / JUNE 15TH 1910, TO LOCATE THE SOUTH POLE; AND IN PURSUIT OF / THAT GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL SCIENTIFIC TASK, LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES IN THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS, MARCH 1912 / BRITONS ALL, AND VERY GALLANT GENTLEMEN / ERECTED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF CARDIFF BY / F.C. BOWRING ESQ., J.P. / 1915"
Details
Description: Tower in the shape of a lighthouse.
Type: Clock tower
Date Erected: 1915
Vessel: SS Terra Nova
Type: Clock tower
Date Erected: 1915
Vessel: SS Terra Nova
People
Bowers, Henry Robertson
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RIM
Organisation: Royal Indian Marine
Evans, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 17/2/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace
Age:
Date of Death: 17/3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain, British Army
Organisation: British Army
Scott, Robert Falcon
Age: 43
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, Edward Adrian
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RIM
Organisation: Royal Indian Marine
Evans, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 17/2/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace
Age:
Date of Death: 17/3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain, British Army
Organisation: British Army
Scott, Robert Falcon
Age: 43
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, Edward Adrian
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: Anthony M. Johnson 'Scott of the Antarctic and Cardiff' (Cardiff, 1984) pp. 54-5.