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SCOTT MEMORIAL
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was born at Outlands, Milehouse, on
June 6th 1868.
He led an expedition to reach the South Pole,
which he did on either January 17th or 18th 1912, only to find that he had been beaten by
the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen. The team perished in the severe weather conditions
during the return journey.
This memorial at Mount Wise, Devonport, was
unveiled on Monday August 10th 1925 by the Commodore of the Royal Naval Barracks, C W R Royds, who had
accompanied Scott on a previous expedition. |
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The memorial represents Courage, supported by
Devotion and crowned by Immortality. Fear, Death and Despair are trampled under
foot. The bronze medallion contains the portraits of Scott and his fellow explorers,
Oates, Wilson, Bowers and Evans, who also died on the trek. The City Council leased
the site of the memorial for 999 years.
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