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This blue commemorative plaque records: City and County of Swansea Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Evans RN 1876-1912 who died on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole was born here and lived nearby 1876-1883 Yma y ganed Is-swyddog Dosbarth 1af Edgar Evans y Llynges Frenhinol a bu'n byw gerllaw 1876-1883 Bu farw ar alldaith Capten Robert Falcon Scott i Begwyn y De 1876-1912 Dinas a Sir Abertawe Recorded plaque organisation: City and County of Swansea.

Petty Officer Edgar Evans was a member of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to reach the South Pole in 1912; he died during the expedition's return journey.

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