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Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman, Captain L. E. G. Oates of the Inniskilling Dragoons. In March 1912, returning from the Pole, he walked willingly to his death in a blizzard to try and save his comrades, beset by hardships.

E. L. Atkinson

E. L. Atkinson

E. L. Atkinson

Born: November 23, 1881

Died: February 20, 1929 (aged 47)

Bio: Edward Leicester Atkinson was a Royal Navy surgeon and Antarctic explorer who was a member of the scientific staff of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, 1910 13.

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