Picture No | 10419227 |
Date | 1913 |
Description | Honouring Antarctic Heroes |
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Men of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole facing the camera after receiving their medals from the King at Buckingham Palace on July 26th 1913. At the same time, he presented medals to the widows and mothers of the five men who lost their lives on the journey back from the South Pole in March 1912.
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Source | Photograph in The Illustrated London News, 2 August 1913, page 168 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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