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Oates was born in Putney, Surrey, in 1880, the elder son of William Edward Oates, FRGS, and Caroline Annie, daughter of Joshua Buckton, of West Lea, Meanwood, Leeds.The Oates family were wealthy landed gentry, having had land at Dewsbury and Leeds since the 16th century; William Oates moved the family to Gestingthorpe, Essex in 1891 [3] after becoming Lord of the manor of Over Hall at ...
Oates' Sunday. Captain L E G Oates, of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, became a legend of self-sacrifice when, as a member of Scott's ill-fated Antarctic Expedition of 1912, he chose to sacrifice himself rather than impede the progress of his comrades. The annual commemoration of Oates' brave action takes place on the Sunday closest to St ...
Captain Lawrence 'Titus' Oates was an officer in the regiment. [31] The Royal Dragoon Guards commemorates Oates each year on St Patrick's Day which was his birthday and the day he died on. This is the only case where the British Army commemorates an individual as opposed to a battle honour. [32]
Captain Oats or Captain Oates may refer to: Lawrence Oates (1880 – 1912), an English cavalry officer with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, and later an Antarctic explorer; William Oats (1841 – 1911), an Australian mining engineer and politician; a toy horse belonging to the fictional character Seth Cohen
[15] [16] Two non-Royal Navy officers were appointed: Henry Robertson Bowers ("Birdie"), who was a lieutenant in the Royal Indian Marine, [14] and Lawrence Oates ("Titus"), an Army captain from the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Oates, independently wealthy, volunteered £1,000 (equivalent to about £129,000 in 2023) and his services to the ...
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Lawrence "Titus" Oates (6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons) Richard Profit (Royal Engineers) Ed Stafford, (Devonshire and Dorset Regiment) Sir Francis Younghusband (1st King's Dragoon Guards) Levison Wood (Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)) Henry Worsley (explorer) (Royal Green Jackets)
A Very Gallant Gentleman (1913), depicting Lawrence Oates. His painting of Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates as he walked to his death, A Very Gallant Gentleman, hangs in the Cavalry Club in London. [9] [10] It was commissioned by officers of the Inniskilling Dragoons in 1913. [9] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1914. [11]