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Date: c1916 Type: Monument Status: Extant Street: Adderley St   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'11.85" S 18°25'29.52" E Alt: 15m

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. (Wikipedia) Transcription of inscription in V-cut letters on polished granite on front face of Memorial: "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." SCOTT'S DIARY Transcription of engraved rectangular bronze plaques on side of Memorial: English: REPLICA OF THE MEMORIAL UNVEILED NEAR THIS SPOT ON 15TH MAY 1916 THE ORIGINAL MADE OF ELANDS RIVER STONE WAS IRREPARABLY DAMAGED IN JUNE 1948 Afrikaans: REPLIKA VAN DIE GEDENKTEKEN ONTHUL NABY HIERDIE PLEK OP 15 MEI 1916 IN JUNIE 1948 IS DIE OORSPRONKLIKE IN ELANDSRIVIERSTEEN ONHERSTELBAAR BESKADIG Submitted by William MARTINSON (AB&E Sep 1920:21; AB&E Dec 1920, frontispiece) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.