Personnel of Franklin's lost expedition

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Sir John Franklin, Erebus officers, and Terror captain Francis Crozier, sketches from daguerreotypes by Richard Beard – The Illustrated London News (1845)

The British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, also known as Franklin's lost expedition, was an attempt by the British Royal Navy to discover and chart the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic in 1845, under the command of Sir John Franklin and using the ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The following is a complete list of the ships' muster rolls.[1]

Personnel[]

HMS Erebus[]

Name Rank Origin Age (as of 1845)
Sir John Franklin Captain Lincolnshire 59
James Fitzjames Commander London 31
Graham Gore First Lieutenant (Commander) Plymouth 35
Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte Second Lieutenant Devon 31
James Walter Fairholme Third Lieutenant 24
Robert Orme Sergeant First Mate 24
Charles Frederick Des Voeux Second Mate 19
Edward Couch[2] Third Mate 22
Henry Foster Collins Second Master Hastings, Sussex 27
Stephen Samuel Stanley Chief Surgeon
Harry Duncan Spens Goodsir Assistant Surgeon Anstruther, Fife 25
Charles Hamilton Osmer Paymaster Purser 46
James Reid Ice-Master Aberdeen 45
Thomas Terry Boatswain Ramsgate, Kent 34
John Weekes Carpenter Portsea, Hampshire 40
John Gregory Engineer 39
Samuel Brown Boatswain's Mate Hull, Yorkshire 34
Thomas Watson Carpenter's Mate Yarmouth 40
Philip Reddington Captain of the Forecastle Brompton, Kent 28
Daniel Arthur Quartermaster Aberdeen 35
William Bell Quartermaster Dundee, Forfar 36
John Downing Quartermaster Plymouth, Devon 34
John Murray Sailmaker Glasgow, Lanarks. 43
James W. Brown Caulker Deptford, Kent 28
William Smith Blacksmith Thibnam [Tibenham], Norfolk 28
James Hart Leading Stoker Hampstead, Middx 33
Richard Wall Cook Hull, Yorks. 45
James Rigden Captain's Coxswain Upper Deal, Kent 32
John Sullivan Captain of Maintop Gillingham, Kent 24
Robert Sinclair Captain of Foretop Kirkwall, Orkney 25
Joseph Andrews Captain of the Hold Edmonton, Middx. 35
Francis Dunn Caulker's Mate Llanelly, S. Wales 25
Edmund Hoar Captain's Steward Portsea, Hampshire 23
Richard Aylmore Gunroom Steward Southampton, Hants 24
William Fowler Paymaster and Purser's Steward Bristol, Somerset 26
John Bridgens Subordinate Officers' Steward Woolwich, Kent 26
John Cowie Stoker Bermondsey, Surrey 32
Thomas Plater Stoker Westminster, Middx.
Charles Best Able Seaman Fareham, Hants. 23
William Clossan * Able Seaman Shetland 25
Charles Coombs Able Seaman Greenwich, Kent 28
Robert Ferrier Able Seaman Perth 29
Josephus Geater † Able Seaman London, Middx. 32
John Hartnell Able Seaman Brompton, Kent 25
Thomas Hartnell Able Seaman Chatham, Kent 23
Robert Johns Able Seaman Penryn, Cornwall 24
Henry Lloyd Able Seaman Christiansen, Norway 26
William Mark Able Seaman Holyhead, Angelsea [Anglesey] 24
Thomas McConvey Able Seaman Liverpool, Lancs. 24
John Morfin Able Seaman Gainsboro., Lincolns. 25
William Orren Able Seaman Chatham, Kent 34
Francis Pocock Able Seaman Upnor, Kent 24
Abraham Seeley Able Seaman Gravesend, Kent 34
John Stickland Able Seaman Portsmouth, Hants. 24
Thomas Tadman Able Seaman Brompton, Kent 28
George Thompson Able Seaman Staines, Berks 27
George Williams Able Seaman Holyhead, Angelsea [Anglesey] 35
Thomas Work Able Seaman Kirkwall, Orkney 41
Daniel Bryant ¤ Sergeant, Royal Marines Shepton Montague, Somerset 31
Alexander Paterson Corporal, Royal Marines Inverness 30
William Braine Private, Royal Marines Somerset 32
Joseph Healey Private, Royal Marines Manchester, Lancs. 29
Robert Hopcraft Private, Royal Marines Nottingham, Notts. 38
William Pilkington Private, Royal Marines Kilrush, Clare 28
William Reed Private, Royal Marines Bristol, Somerset 28
George Chambers Ship's Boy Woolwich, Kent 18
David Young Ship's Boy Sheerness, Kent 18
Thomas Burt ‡ ∞ Armourer Wickham, Hants 22
  • ∗ Written with the first "s" as an "ſ" (long s) in Victorian manner i.e.: "Cloẛsan"
  • ¤ First name read as "David" in Cyriax crewlist
  • † This name appears twice in the original list
  • ‡ McClintock spells this as "Birt"
  • ∞ Returned to England from the Whalefish Islands on the Barretto Junior

HMS Terror[]

Name Rank Origin Age (as of 1845)
Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier Captain Banbridge, Down 49
Edward Little First Lieutenant (Commander) Hornsey, Middx. 33
George Henry Hodgson Second Lieutenant London 28
John Irving Third Lieutenant Edinburgh 30
Frederick John Hornby First Mate 26
Robert Thomas Second Mate
Gillies Alexander MacBean Second Master 29
John Smart Peddie Chief Surgeon 29
Alexander McDonald Assistant Surgeon Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire 27
Edwin James Helpman Clerk 23
Thomas Blanky Ice-Master Whitby, Yorkshire 44
John Lane Boatswain
Thomas Honey Carpenter Portsmouth, Hampshire 34
James Thompson Engineer 35
Thomas Johnson Boatswain's Mate Corbridge 28
Alexander Wilson Carpenter's Mate Lindisfarne 27
Reuben Male Captain of the Forecastle Woolwich, Kent 27
David Macdonald Quartermaster Peterhead, Scotland 46
John Kenley Quartermaster St. Monance, Fifeshire 44
William Rhodes Quartermaster Redingstreet, Kent 31
Thomas Darlington Caulker Plymouth, Devon 29
Samuel Honey Blacksmith Plymouth, Devon 22
John Torrington Leading Stoker Manchester 20
John Diggle Cook Westminster, London 36
John Wilson Captain's Coxwain Portsea, Hants 33
Thomas R. Farr Captain of the Maintop Deptford, Kent 32
Harry Peglar Captain of the Foretop London, Middx. 37
William Goddard Captain of the Hold Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk 29
Cornelius Hickey Caulker's Mate Limerick, Ireland 24
Thomas Jopson Captain's Steward Marylebone, Middx. 27
Thomas Armitage Gun-room Steward Chatham, Kent 38
William Gibson Subordinate Officers' Steward London, Middx. 22
Edward Genge Subordinate Officers' Steward Gosport, Hants. 21
Luke Smith Stoker London, Middx. 27
William Johnson Stoker Kirton-Lindsey, Lincolns. 45
John Bailey Able Seaman Leyton, Essex 21
John Bates Able Seaman London, Middx. 24
Alexander Berry Able Seaman S. Ferry, Fifeshire 32
George J. Cann Able Seaman Battersea, Middx. 23
Samuel Crispe Able Seaman Lynn, Norfolk 24
John Handford Able Seaman Sunderland 28
William Jerry Able Seaman Pembroke, Wales 29
Charles Johnson Able Seaman Halifax, Nova Scotia 28
George Kinnaird Able Seaman Hastings, Sussex 23
Edwin Lawrence Able Seaman London, Middx. 30
David Leys Able Seaman Montrose, Scotland 37
Magnus Manson Able Seaman Shetland, Scotland 28
Henry Sait Able Seaman Bognor, Sussex 23
William Shanks Able Seaman Dundee, Scotland 29
William Sims * Able Seaman Gedney, Lincoln. 24
William Sinclair Able Seaman Sallaway [Galloway], Scotland 30
William Strong Able Seaman Portsmouth, Hants. 22
James Walker Able Seaman S. Shields 29
William Wentzell Able Seaman London, Middx. 33
Solomon Tozer Sergeant, Royal Marines Axbridge, Somerset 36
William Hedges Corporal, Royal Marines Bradford, Wilts 30
James Daly † Private, Royal Marines Luberclue [Tubberclare], Westmeath 30
John Hammond Private, Royal Marines Bradford, Yorks. 32
William Heather Private, Royal Marines Battersea, Surrey 35
Henry Wilkes Private, Royal Marines Leicester 28
Thomas Evans Ship's Boy Deptford, Kent 18
Robert Golding Ship's Boy Deptford, Kent 19
William Aitken ∞ Royal Marines Kenilworth, Surrey 37
John Brown ∞ Able Seaman
Robert Carr ∞ Armourer London 23
James Elliot ∞ Sailmaker Woolwich, Kent 20
  • ∗ First name read as "David" in Cyriax crewlist
  • † This name is not in the Muster Books but is taken from Cyriax
  • ∞ Returned to England from the Whalefish Islands in the Barretto Junior

References[]

  1. ^ "List of Officers, Seamen, and Marines of Her Majesty's Discovery Ships "Erebus" and "Terror"", National Maritime Museum, 1845, retrieved 21 February 2018
  2. ^ See Ommaney v Stilwell 23 Beav. 328, 53 ER 129
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