What is recorded here
This bronze commemorative plaque records: To The Memory of Captain R. F. Scott CVO DSO RN and his faithful companions Captain L. E. G. Oates, Lieut. H. R. Bowers RIM, Dr E. A. Wilson and Petty Officer Edgar Evans RN 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 scientific task, laid down their lives in the Antarctic Regions. March 1912. "Britons All, And Very Gallant Gentlemen" Recorded plaque organisation: F. C. Bowring Esq JP.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO RN, Lawrence Oates, Henry Robertson Bowers, Edward Adrian Wilson, and Petty Officer Edgar Evans were members of the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica; they are remembered for their valiant attempt to reach the South Pole and for their tragic deaths during the return journey in 1912.
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