Edgar Evans, the Polar Explorer, sadly lost his life on Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1912. A local lad, Evans worked as a telegraph messenger boy before joining the Royal Navy (where he first met Scott). His portrait, below, hangs in the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Llansamlet:
More information on Edgar Evans can be found here.
All photography on this site is copyrighted and must not be used without permission from Chris Elphick.
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