# Personnel of Franklin's lost expedition

The British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, also known as Franklin's lost expedition, was an attempt by the British Royal Navy to discover and chart the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic in 1845, under the command of Sir John Franklin and using the ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The following is a complete list of the ships' muster rolls.

## HMS Erebus

| Name | Rank | Origin | Age (as of 1845) |
| Sir John Franklin | Captain | Lincolnshire | 59 |
| James Fitzjames | Commander | London | 31 |
| Graham Gore | First Lieutenant (Commander) | Plymouth | 35 |
| Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte | Second Lieutenant | Devon | 31 |
| James Walter Fairholme | Third Lieutenant | Perth, Scotland | 24 |
| James Reid | Ice-Master | Aberdeen | 45 |
| Robert Orme Sargent | First Mate | | 24 |
| Charles Frederick Des Voeux | Second Mate | | 19 |
| Edward Couch | Third Mate | | 22 |
| Henry Foster Collins | Second Master | Hastings, Sussex | 27 |
| Stephen Samuel Stanley | Chief Surgeon | | |
| Harry Duncan Spens Goodsir | Assistant Surgeon | Anstruther, Fife | 25 |
| Charles Hamilton Osmer | Paymaster Purser | | 46 |
| Thomas Terry | Boatswain | Ramsgate, Kent | 34 |
| John Weekes | Carpenter | Portsea, Hampshire | 40 |
| John Gregory | Engineer | | 39 |
| Samuel Brown | Boatswain's Mate | Hull, Yorkshire | 34 |
| Thomas Watson | Carpenter's Mate | Yarmouth | 40 |
| Philip Reddington | Captain of the Forecastle | Brompton, Kent | 28 |
| Daniel Arthur | Quartermaster | Aberdeen | 35 |
| William Bell | Quartermaster | Dundee, Forfar | 36 |
| John Downing | Quartermaster | Plymouth, Devon | 34 |
| John Murray | Sailmaker | Glasgow, Lanarks. | 43 |
| James W. Brown | Caulker | Deptford, Kent | 28 |
| William Smith | Blacksmith | Thibnam [Tibenham], Norfolk | 28 |
| James Hart | Leading Stoker | Hampstead, Middx | 33 |
| Richard Wall | Cook | Hull, Yorks. | 45 |
| James Rigden | Captain's Coxswain | Upper Deal, Kent | 32 |
| John Sullivan | Captain of Maintop | Gillingham, Kent | 24 |
| Robert Sinclair | Captain of Foretop | Kirkwall, Orkney | 25 |
| Joseph Andrews | Captain of the Hold | Edmonton, Middx. | 35 |
| Francis Dunn | Caulker's Mate | Llanelly, S. Wales | 25 |
| Edmund Hoar | Captain's Steward | Portsea, Hampshire | 23 |
| Richard Aylmore | Gunroom Steward | Southampton, Hants | 24 |
| William Fowler | Paymaster and Purser's Steward | Bristol, Somerset | 26 |
| John Bridgens | Subordinate Officers' Steward | Woolwich, Kent | 26 |
| John Cowie | Stoker | Bermondsey, Surrey | 32 |
| Thomas Plater | Stoker | Westminster, Middx. | |
| Charles Best | Able Seaman | Fareham, Hants. | 23 |
| William Clossan * | Able Seaman | Shetland | 25 |
| Charles Coombs | Able Seaman | Greenwich, Kent | 28 |
| Robert Ferrier | Able Seaman | Perth | 29 |
| Josephus Geater $^†$ | Able Seaman | London, Middx. | 32 |
| John Hartnell | Able Seaman | Brompton, Kent | 25 |
| Thomas Hartnell | Able Seaman | Chatham, Kent | 23 |
| Robert Johns | Able Seaman | Penryn, Cornwall | 24 |
| Henry Lloyd | Able Seaman | Christiansen, Norway | 26 |
| William Mark | Able Seaman | Holyhead, Angelsea [Anglesey] | 24 |
| Thomas McConvey | Able Seaman | Liverpool, Lancs. | 24 |
| John Morfin | Able Seaman | Gainsboro., Lincolns. | 25 |
| William Orren | Able Seaman | Chatham, Kent | 34 |
| Francis Pocock | Able Seaman | Upnor, Kent | 24 |
| Abraham Seeley | Able Seaman | Gravesend, Kent | 34 |
| John Strickland | Able Seaman | Portsmouth, Hants. | 24 |
| Thomas Tadman | Able Seaman | Brompton, Kent | 28 |
| George Thompson | Able Seaman | Staines, Berks | 27 |
| George Williams | Able Seaman | Holyhead, Angelsea [Anglesey] | 35 |
| Thomas Work | Able Seaman | Kirkwall, Orkney | 41 |
| Daniel Bryant $^¤$ | Sergeant, Royal Marines | Shepton Montague, Somerset | 31 |
| Alexander Paterson | Corporal, Royal Marines | Inverness | 30 |
| William Braine | Private, Royal Marines | Somerset | 32 |
| Joseph Healey | Private, Royal Marines | Manchester, Lancs. | 29 |
| Robert Hopcraft | Private, Royal Marines | Nottingham, Notts. | 38 |
| William Pilkington | Private, Royal Marines | Kilrush, County Clare | 28 |
| William Reed | Private, Royal Marines | Bristol, Somerset | 28 |
| George Chambers | Ship's Boy | Woolwich, Kent | 18 |
| David Young | Ship's Boy | Sheerness, Kent | 18 |
| Thomas Burt $^{‡∞}$ | Armourer | Wickham, Hants | 22 |
| Neptune | Pet, Newfoundland dog | | |
| Jacko | Pet, New World monkey | | |
| | Ship's cat | | |
* ∗ Written with the first "s" as an "ſ" (long s) in Victorian manner i.e.: "Cloẛsan"
* ¤ First name read as "David" in Cyriax crewlist
* † This name appears twice in the original list
* ‡ McClintock spells this as "Birt"
* ∞ Returned to England from the Whalefish Islands on the Barretto Junior

## HMS Terror

| Name | Rank | Origin | Age (as of 1845) |
| Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier | Captain | Banbridge, County Down | 49 |
| Edward Little | First Lieutenant (Commander) | Hornsey, Middx. | 33 |
| George Henry Hodgson | Second Lieutenant | London | 28 |
| John Irving | Third Lieutenant | Edinburgh | 30 |
| Thomas Blanky | Ice-Master | Whitby, Yorkshire | 44 |
| Frederick John Hornby | First Mate | | 26 |
| Robert Thomas | Second Mate | | |
| Gillies Alexander MacBean | Second Master | | 29 |
| John Smart Peddie | Chief Surgeon | | 29 |
| Alexander McDonald | Assistant Surgeon | Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire | 27 |
| Edwin James Helpman | Clerk | | 23 |
| John Lane | Boatswain | | |
| Thomas Honey | Carpenter | Portsmouth, Hampshire | 34 |
| James Thompson | Engineer | | 35 |
| Thomas Johnson | Boatswain's Mate | Corbridge | 28 |
| Alexander Wilson | Carpenter's Mate | Lindisfarne | 27 |
| Reuben Male | Captain of the Forecastle | Woolwich, Kent | 27 |
| David Macdonald | Quartermaster | Peterhead, Scotland | 46 |
| John Kenley | Quartermaster | St. Monance [Monans], Fifeshire | 44 |
| William Rhodes | Quartermaster | Redingstreet, Kent | 31 |
| Thomas Darlington | Caulker | Plymouth, Devon | 29 |
| Samuel Honey | Blacksmith | Plymouth, Devon | 22 |
| John Torrington | Leading Stoker | Manchester | 20 |
| John Diggle | Cook | Westminster, London | 36 |
| John Wilson | Captain's Coxwain | Portsea, Hants | 33 |
| Thomas R. Farr | Captain of the Maintop | Deptford, Kent | 32 |
| Harry Peglar | Captain of the Foretop | London, Middx. | 37 |
| William Goddard | Captain of the Hold | Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk | 29 |
| Cornelius Hickey | Caulker's Mate | Limerick, Ireland | 24 |
| Thomas Jopson | Captain's Steward | Marylebone, Middx. | 27 |
| Thomas Armitage | Gun-room Steward | Chatham, Kent | 38 |
| William Gibson | Subordinate Officers' Steward | London, Middx. | 22 |
| Edward Genge | Paymaster and Purser's Steward | Gosport, Hants. | 21 |
| Luke Smith | Stoker | London, Middx. | 27 |
| William Johnson | Stoker | Kirton-Lindsey, Lincolns. | 45 |
| John Bailey | Able Seaman | Leyton, Essex | 21 |
| John Bates | Able Seaman | London, Middx. | 24 |
| Alexander Berry | Able Seaman | S. Ferry, Fifeshire | 32 |
| George J. Cann | Able Seaman | Battersea, Middx. | 23 |
| Samuel Crispe | Able Seaman | Lynn, Norfolk | 24 |
| John Handford | Able Seaman | Sunderland | 28 |
| William Jerry | Able Seaman | Pembroke, Wales | 29 |
| Charles Johnson | Able Seaman | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 28 |
| George Kinnaird | Able Seaman | Hastings, Sussex | 23 |
| Edwin Lawrence | Able Seaman | London, Middx. | 30 |
| David Leys | Able Seaman | Montrose, Scotland | 37 |
| Magnus Manson | Able Seaman | Shetland, Scotland | 28 |
| Henry Sait | Able Seaman | Bognor, Sussex | 23 |
| William Shanks | Able Seaman | Dundee, Scotland | 29 |
| William Sims * | Able Seaman | Gedney, Lincoln. | 24 |
| William Sinclair | Able Seaman | Sallaway [Scalloway], Scotland | 30 |
| William Strong | Able Seaman | Portsmouth, Hants. | 22 |
| James Walker | Able Seaman | S. Shields | 29 |
| William Wentzall | Able Seaman | London, Middx. | 33 |
| Solomon Tozer | Sergeant, Royal Marines | Axbridge, Somerset | 34 |
| William Hedges | Corporal, Royal Marines | Bradford, Wilts | 30 |
| James Daly $^†$ | Private, Royal Marines | Luberclue [Tubberclare], County Westmeath | 30 |
| John Hammond | Private, Royal Marines | Bradford, Yorks. | 32 |
| William Heather | Private, Royal Marines | Battersea, Surrey | 35 |
| Henry Wilkes | Private, Royal Marines | Leicester | 28 |
| Thomas Evans | Ship's Boy | Deptford, Kent | 18 |
| Robert Golding | Ship's Boy | Deptford, Kent | 19 |
| William Aitken $^∞$ | Royal Marines | Kenilworth, Surrey | 37 |
| John Brown $^∞$ | Able Seaman | | |
| Robert Carr $^∞$ | Armourer | London | 23 |
| James Elliot $^∞$ | Sailmaker | Woolwich, Kent | 20 |
* ∗ First name read as "David" in Cyriax crewlist
* † This name is not in the Muster Books but is taken from Cyriax
* ∞ Returned to England from the Whalefish Islands in the Barretto Junior