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Cavalry officer, explorer. Lawrence Edward Grace " Titus " Oates (17 March 1880 – 17 March 1912) [2] was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia [1] during the Terra Nova Expedition when he walked from his tent into a blizzard.
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May 16, 2012 · Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates with ponies. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. For Lawrence Oates, the race to the South Pole had a portentous start. Just two days after the Terra Nova Expedition...
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Mar 10, 2012 · With these words, Antarctic explorer Capt Lawrence Oates set out to meet his death 100 years ago, aged 31, and entered the history books. He was one of five men who died as they tried to return...
Captain Lawrence Oates, Antarctic explorer, was one of the five men in Scott’s fateful expedition to the South Pole. Suffering with gangrene and frostbite, in an attempt to save the others and in an act of supreme self sacrifice, he walked from the tent into a blizzard and certain death: “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates or Captain Lawrence Oates (March 17, 1880 – March 17, 1912) was a British cavalry officer and an Antarctic explorer. He died during the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910–13. Oates, who had gangrene and frostbite, walked from his tent into a blizzard. His death is seen as an act of sacrifice. When he knew that ...
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Captain Lawrence E.G. Oates - Titus, The Soldier. 17th March 1880 - 16th March 1912. Born London in 1880 into a wealthy family, Oates attended Eton College for two years before attending an army "crammer" school and joining the army in 1898. He served in the Boer War with distinction, a gunshot wound to his left leg left it an inch shorter than ...
Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 – 1912) Soldier, Explorer, Hero. I may be some time. A wretched load of crocks. Soldier, Explorer, Hero. Captain Lawrence Oates is best remembered as the brave Antarctic hero who was chosen to be part of Captain Robert Scott’s team to undertake the epic journey of discovery to the South Pole 1911-12.
