There are a number of memorials on South Georgia to people who have died but who are not buried on the island. This section includes the memorials, and where a memorial commemorates more than one person, the names are listed too.
The Hope Point memorial cross, erected by Shackleton‘s men when he died on South Georgia in 1916, was removed in 2019 as it was showing signs of rot. Once it was deemed beyond repair, a replacement was put in place, with the cairn being rebuilt to look more like its original form – It had
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Commemorates: Eight whalers buried in the old Leith cemetery (‘Jericho’) Location: Leith Main Cemetery The Memorial reads: Which translates as:
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Commemorates CLASEN, Wayne Born 30 Jan 1977 Died 5 Dec 2015 Age 38 Location Mount Duse Falkland Islander Wayne was part of the SG government building team on the island for a few years. After his tragically early death, his best friend, who was also part of the building team, made this memorial from a
Commemorates GREEN, Signaller Gary P. HARRISON, LCpl J.C. MEAD, Sapper D.L. Location Hope Point, KEP Three crosses on Hope Point commemorate three soldiers who died in the period between 1982 and 2001, when the British presence on South Georgia was provided by a small garrison. They did not die during the 1982 fighting, but later
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Commemorates GREEN, Signaller Gary P. HARRISON, LCpl J.C. MEAD, Sapper D.L. Location Grytviken Church One of two memorials to three soldiers who died during the time that the British military garrisons were stationed at KingEdward Point.
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Memorial: Sudur Havid Memorial Cross Location: Hillside above the Grytviken Cemetery Commemorates: Seventeen victims of the South African longline fishing vessel Sudur Havid that sank in South Georgia waters on 6 June 1998 in position 53° 55′ S 041° 24′ W. There are two memorials to the 17 victims. This one is a cross on
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Memorial SLOSSARCZYK, Walter Location Grytviken Died 26 November 1911 Walter was Third officer and Wireless Officer on Wilhelm Filchner’s vessel Deutschland. He went out in a small boat from King Edward Cove and was never seen again. The boat was found floating way outside Cumberland Bay. His memorial cross can be seen on the hillside
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In 2004 a memorial chapel was opened in Sandefjord, Norway, to commemorate the Norwegians who died and are buried on South Georgia. Four plates, made from steel brought from the abandoned whaling station at Stromness in South Georgia, list the names of the Norwegians who are remembered in the Memorial Chapel.
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Commemorates SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry Died 5 January 1922 Location Hope Point, KEP Sir Ernest died on board the vessel Quest, moored in King Edward Cove. His body was taken to Montevideo, and his shipmates built the memorial cairn on Hope Point with the cross. He was later buried in the cemetery at Grytviken (see the
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Name BROWN, Nan Died 31 Jan 1995 in Edinburgh Memorial Nan Brown Memorial Nan lived at King Edward Point with her husband George, who was Government Radio Officer from 1954 to 1957. She wrote the book ‘Antarctic Housewife’ about her experiences. George returned with her ashes in December 1996 and scattered them in the areas