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- Jesse Handsley (29 March 1876 – c. 3 June 1916) was an able seaman who served with distinction under Captain Robert Falcon Scott on Scott's first expedition to the Antarctic regions; the Discovery expedition of 1901 to 1904. At the age of 15 he joined the Royal Navy and on 24 December 1901, whilst serving on HMS Ringarooma at Port Chalmers, New Zealand he volunteered to join the British National Antarctic Expedition (the Discovery expedition). During the expedition he was chosen by Scott as a member of an elite support party for Scott's Southern trip. Handsley served the full duration of the expedition, most of that time the ship was trapped in the ice. He undertook a number of sledging journeys spending a total of 153 days man-hauling sledges. (en)
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- Silver Polar Medal (en)
- British War Medal (en)
- Victory Medal (en)
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- Skegness, Lincolnshire, England (en)
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- Herbert Jesse Handsley (en)
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- Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory
Whilst serving on HMS Swiftsure (en)
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- Jesse Handsley (en)
- Quartermain Mountains (en)
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- North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar (en)
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- (en)
- Charles John Handsley (en)
- Fred Handsley (en)
- John Handsley (en)
- Rebecca Raithby (en)
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- 1909 (xsd:integer)
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- Emily Robinson (en)
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- Jesse Handsley (29 March 1876 – c. 3 June 1916) was an able seaman who served with distinction under Captain Robert Falcon Scott on Scott's first expedition to the Antarctic regions; the Discovery expedition of 1901 to 1904. At the age of 15 he joined the Royal Navy and on 24 December 1901, whilst serving on HMS Ringarooma at Port Chalmers, New Zealand he volunteered to join the British National Antarctic Expedition (the Discovery expedition). (en)
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