Discovery expedition / crew list
The crew list of the Discovery Expedition is shown here. The occupation prior to the expedition is listed under “Occupation” and the function during its duration under “Task”, if different from the occupation.
| Surname | job | task |
|---|---|---|
| Officers | ||
| Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) | Royal Navy captain | captain |
| Albert Armitage (1864-1943) | Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve | Navigator and deputy |
| Charles Royds (1876-1931) | Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | First lieutenant |
| Michael Barne (1877–1961) | Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | |
| Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) | Second Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve | |
| George Mulock (1882-1963) | Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | |
| Reginald Skelton (1872-1965) | Engineer and Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | Chief engineer |
| Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916) | Doctor and botanist | |
| Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) | Doctor, zoologist and artist | |
| Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864-1926) | Marine biologist | |
| Hartley Ferrar (1879-1932) | geologist | |
| Louis Bernacchi (1876–1942) | physicist | |
| Warrant Officers | ||
| Thomas Alfred Forster "Taff" Feather (1869–1943) | Boatswain | |
| James Henry Dellbridge (1871-1931) | Marine engineer | |
| Fred Dailey (1873-1961) | Carpenter | |
| Charles Reginald Ford (1880–1972) | steward | |
| Boatmen | ||
| Jacob Cross (1876-1943) | ||
| Edgar Evans (1876-1912) | ||
| William Smythe (1877-1952) | ||
| David Allan (1870–?) | ||
| Thomas Kennar (1876–1945) | ||
| William MacFarlane (1874–?) | ||
| Marines | ||
| Gilbert Scott (1876-1915) | Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry | |
| Arthur Harry Blissett (1878–1955) | Lance Corporal, Royal Marine Light Infantry | |
| Civilians | ||
| William Clarke (1877–?) | cook | |
| Clarence Hare (1880-1967) | Assistant to the steward | |
| Horace Edgar Buckridge (1875-1903) | Laboratory supervisor | |
| Sailors | ||
| Arthur Edward Pilbeam (1878-1916) | Royal Navy | |
| William Loftouse Heald (1876-1929) | Royal Navy | |
| James Dell (1880-1968) | Royal Navy | |
| Frank Wild (1873-1939) | Royal Navy | |
| Thomas Soulsb Williamson (1877-1940) | Royal Navy | |
| George Beaver Croucher (1881-1918) | Royal Navy | |
| Ernest Joyce (1875-1940) | Royal Navy | |
| Thomas Crean (1877-1938) | Royal Navy | |
| Jesse Handsley (1876-1916) | Royal Navy | |
| William Isaac Weller (1878–?) | Merchant Navy | Dog handler |
| William Peters (1879–?) | Royal Navy | |
| John Dargie Walker (1876–?) | Merchant Navy | |
| James Duncan (1870–?) | Merchant Navy; Shipbuilders | |
| Henry B. Brett (1866–?) | Merchant Navy | cook |
| George Vince (1879-1902) | Royal Navy | |
| Charles Bonner (1878–1901) | Royal Navy | |
| Stoker | ||
| William Lashly (1867-1940) | Royal Navy | |
| Arthur Lester Quartley (1873-1945) | Royal Navy | |
| Thomas Whitfield (1868-1942) | Royal Navy | |
| Frank Plumley (1876–1971) | Royal Navy | |
| William Page (1876-1930) | Royal Navy | |
| William Hubert (1864–?) | Merchant Navy | |
literature
- Robert Falcon Scott : The Voyage of the Discovery , Vol. I . Macmillan, London 1905 (accessed June 15, 2010).
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 .