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William Lashly (25 December 1867 – 12 June 1940) was a Royal Navy seaman who served as lead stoker on both the Discovery expedition and the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal.
William Lashly 25th December 1867 - 12th June 1940. Born in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, England, the son of a farm worker, William Lashly left school at 11 to work on the estate where his family lived as tenant workers, he joined the Royal Navy at 21 in 1889.
Dates: 1867-1940. Nationality: British. Awards: Polar Medal (silver); Albert Medal. William Lashly was born in Hambledon, Hampshire, on 25 December 1867. He went to school in Hampshire until the age of 13 when he started working with his father as a thatcher, and then worked as a civil servant.
Learn about the daily life and experiences of William Lashly, a navigator and explorer on the Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions. Read his original diaries, edited by Commander Ellis and Sir Vivian Fuchs, and see his handwriting and style.
William Lashly (25 December 1867 – 12 June 1940) was a Royal Navy seaman who served as lead stoker on both the Discovery expedition and the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal.
Lashly is dead. He was a Chief Stoker in the Navy, and he was one of the last survivors who served on both of Scott's Antarctic expeditions. Scott, Wilson, Bowers, Titus Oates, Atkinson and Wild—all are gone; and Crean who died about a year ago, and Pennell as good as any of them.
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On the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Lashly, this paper explores what may be deduced about this stoker, who accompanied Scott on both his expeditions, from archived unpublished correspondence and artefacts.
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