Henry Robertson Bowers
(1883-1912)

Antarctic explorer and Terra Nova Expedition member (1910-1912)

Died aged c. 29

Henry Robertson Bowers (29 July 1883 – c. 29 March 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913, all of whom died during their return from the South Pole.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

To The Memory of Captain R. F. Scott CVO DSO RN and his faithful companions Captain L. E. G. Oates, Lieut. H. R. Bowers RIM, Dr E. A. Wilson and Petty Officer Edgar Evans RN who sailed in the S. S. Terra Nova from the Port of Cardiff June 15th.1910, to locate the South Pole; and, in pursuit of that great and scientific task, laid down their lives in the Antarctic Regions. March 1912. "Britons All, And Very Gallant Gentlemen"

Roath Park Boating Lake, Cardiff, United Kingdom where they sailed from the port near (1910)