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- On 16 February 1912, nearing the base of the glacier, Evans collapsed. The next morning, unable to keep up, he was left behind while the others went ahead man-hauling the sledge towards the next supply depot; they had to make a return journey to fetch him.
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Petty Officer Edgar Evans (7 March 1876 – 17 February 1912) was a Welsh Royal Navy petty officer and member of the "Polar Party" in Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. This group of five men, personally selected for the final expedition push, attained the Pole on 17 January 1912.
Sep 30, 2022 · Edward Evans was lured from Manchester Central Station and died in a hail of axe blows inside the couple's home on October 6, 1965.
How did Edgar "Taff" Evans die? On the way to the pole, Evans cut his hand while making adjustments to one of the sledges with Tom Crean on the 13th of December 1911, this was before the final pole party (intended to be of four) had been chosen .
The South Pole party from left to right Captain L. E. G. Oates, Lieutenant Henry R. Bowers, Captain Robert F. Scott, Dr. E. A. Wilson and Petty Officer Edgar Evans reached the South Pole, but all died on the return journey in 1912 - what did they die of?
- Pauline Reade, 16. Pauline Reade was the couple's first victim - a pretty 16-year-old who vanished on July 12, 1963 while on her way to a disco near her home in Gorton, Manchester.
- John Kilbride, 12. Four months after Pauline disappeared, 12-year-old John Kilbride went missing. On the morning of November 23, 1963, he had been earning pocket money by packing up stalls at Ashton market.
- Keith Bennett, 12. Keith Bennett, a bespectacled 12-year-old with a cheeky smile, disappeared on June 16, 1964. He was on his way to his grandmother's house, who lived close to his home in Chorlton-on-Medlock.
- Lesley Ann Downey, 10. Lesley Ann Downey was Brady and Hindley's youngest victim when she was murdered on 26 December, 1964.
Feb 17, 2012 · Late in 1911, the small five-man team set off, reaching the South Pole on 17 January 1912, just 11 weeks after departure. The sudden and devastating realisation that they had been beaten to their...
Jan 30, 2017 · When the news of the disaster reached England in February 1913 the country was appalled. Edgar was blamed in some quarters as the real cause of the tragedy; not only was he the first to die, but he had so slowed the party’s progress that he had sealed their fate also.
