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Captain L. E. G. Oates, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons - died in Antarctica, 1912 4 years 4 months ago #77090

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In Leeds Minster, the Parish Church of Saint Peter.


IN MEMORY OF
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES
CAPTAIN 6TH (INNISKILLING) DRAGOONS
BORN 17TH MARCH 1880
WHO HAVING SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION
IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1901-2
JOINED CAPTAIN SCOTT'S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910
REACHING THE SOUTH POLE 17TH JANUARY 1912
AND ON THE RETURN JOURNEY LAT. 80'.8'.8".
IN THE HOPE OF SAVING THE LIVES OF HIS COMPANIONS
GAVE HIS OWN LIFE
17TH MARCH 1912
THIS MONUMENT IS PLACED HERE BY FELLOW CITIZENS
AS A RECORD OF THE BRAVE ACT OF
"A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN"
A.D. 1913.


There's a Greek inscription at the bottom of the plaque. Anyone know any Greek?



CAPTAIN L. E. G. OATES.
....Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, who was in charge of the ponies and mules, was the elder son of the late Mr. William Edward Oates, F.R.G.S., of Gestingthorpe Hall, Essex, Lord of the Manor of Over Hall, and of Mrs. Caroline Annie Oates (now Lady of the Manor of Over Hall), second daughter of the late Mr. Joshua Buckton, of West Lea, Meanwood, near Leeds.
....Captain Oates was born on March 17, 1880, and after serving with the Militia was gazetted second lieutenant in the 6th Dragoons. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on February 8, 1902, and to that of captain on November 19, 1906. From August, 1906, to July, 1909, he was adjutant of his regiment. While in the Militia Captain Oates served in the South African War, where he. was severely wounded. He took part in the operations in the Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony (January, 1901, to March, 1902), was mentioned in despatches, and received the Queen's medal with five clasps. He was selected for employment with the British Antarctic Expedition on ,March 29, 1910, and took a special course of training in surveying at the school of the Royal Geographical Society. In addition to being heir to his mother's estates, Captain Oates was joint owner, with his brother Bryan William Grace, of the estate of his uncle, the late Mr. Charles George Oates, of Meanwoodside, Yorkshire.
....Captain Oates was a nephew of Mr. Francis Oates, F.R.G.S., the traveller and naturalist, who died of fever in the interior of South Africa in 1875, while on a journey of exploration and natural history research. The scientific and other results of Mr. Oates's expedition were published, after his death, in a work entitled "Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls."
The Times, Tuesday 11th February 1913
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Captain L. E. G. Oates, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons - died in Antarctica, 1912 4 years 4 months ago #77091

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Sorry, I can't read Greek. However, from "Services of Officers"

And from Wikipedia Commons

Palmer says: "Severely wounded, Aberdeen, 6/3/01 and my Cavalry CD says QSA with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State plus SA1901/1902.
Online sources are extensive. Oates died on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antartica, 17/3/1912. No known grave.
Anyone of my generation will be aware of Oates' final words and take their hats off to him.
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Captain L. E. G. Oates, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons - died in Antarctica, 1912 4 years 4 months ago #77093

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In inscription is in Ancient Greek.

A free translation is that intelligent and profound men can have their tomb anywhere.
Dr David Biggins
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Captain L. E. G. Oates, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons - died in Antarctica, 1912 4 years 4 months ago #77095

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Thank you, David, I'd hoped you might know.

There's another memorial to Oates in Leeds that mentions his ABW service, which I'll go and see the next time I'm in Leeds.
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L.E.G Oates medal rolls. Lieutenant, 6th Dragoons



You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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Oates' signature on a page from an autograph album kept by Nursing Sister Bertha Ellen Hutchison during her time in South Africa with the Army Nursing Service Reserve. Undated but probably at Charlestown.

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