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LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES (1880-1912)
Telegram to his mother, date stamped: Colwyn Bay 14 June 1910, om printed telegraph form (140 x 220mm.) reading 'Gates [sic.] Plas Eirias Colwyn Bay Am now going out in terra nova. Lawrence.'
[With:]
Herbert George PONTING (1871-1935).
Captain L.E.G. Oates by the stable door
Gelatin silver print, 6.3/8 x 4.11/16in. , All rights reserved by Capt. R.F.Scott, R.N., C.V.O. stamped in red ink on verso
[And:] seven other related items (carte-de-visite photographs of Oates as a child, his mother Caroline and his father William Edward Oates [for whom see lots 64-67]; a postcard of a plaque commemorating Oates erected by his brother officers; a postcard of Oates at the wheel of the Terra Nova; two modern machine-print photographs of Oates as a child).
'Titus' Oates, a Captain in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards stationed in India, volunteered for Scott's second Antarctic expedition and was granted leave from his regiment. He paid £1000 for the privilege and, as a cavalry officer, was given responsibility for the ponies and dogs. He quickly impressed Scott and was selected as one of the ill-fated Polar party. The story of Oates' death is the best known in the annals of polar exploration. His body has never been found, but the message on the cairn erected near where he disappeared begins 'Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman.' (9)
Telegram to his mother, date stamped: Colwyn Bay 14 June 1910, om printed telegraph form (140 x 220mm.) reading 'Gates [sic.] Plas Eirias Colwyn Bay Am now going out in terra nova. Lawrence.'
[With:]
Herbert George PONTING (1871-1935).
Captain L.E.G. Oates by the stable door
Gelatin silver print, 6.3/8 x 4.11/16in. , All rights reserved by Capt. R.F.Scott, R.N., C.V.O. stamped in red ink on verso
[And:] seven other related items (carte-de-visite photographs of Oates as a child, his mother Caroline and his father William Edward Oates [for whom see lots 64-67]; a postcard of a plaque commemorating Oates erected by his brother officers; a postcard of Oates at the wheel of the Terra Nova; two modern machine-print photographs of Oates as a child).
'Titus' Oates, a Captain in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards stationed in India, volunteered for Scott's second Antarctic expedition and was granted leave from his regiment. He paid £1000 for the privilege and, as a cavalry officer, was given responsibility for the ponies and dogs. He quickly impressed Scott and was selected as one of the ill-fated Polar party. The story of Oates' death is the best known in the annals of polar exploration. His body has never been found, but the message on the cairn erected near where he disappeared begins 'Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman.' (9)