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Occupation (s) 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.
May 16, 2012 · Learn how Lawrence Oates, a wealthy Englishman and a former Boer War officer, joined Robert Scott's race to the South Pole in 1910. Discover his struggles with the ponies, his disillusionment with Scott, and his final act of sacrifice in the Antarctic blizzard.
- Gilbert King
Mar 10, 2012 · Learn about the life and death of Capt Lawrence Oates, one of the five men who died on Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1912. The exhibition at Selborne, Hampshire, reveals his personality, achievements and legacy through letters, photos and artefacts.
Captain Lawrence Oates. 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 ...
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 ...
Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates or Captain Lawrence Oates (March 17, 1880 – March 17, 1912) [1] 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.
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Sep 14, 2017 · Learn about the life and death of Lawrence Oates, who walked into a blizzard to save his comrades in the Terra Nova Expedition. See the memorabilia and ephemera on world exploration and travel at Sotheby's auction.
