News has been received in London that a memorial to Sir Ernest Shackleton, erected over his grave at Grytvikeii, South Georgie, was unveiled on 14th February by the Governor of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia being a dependency of the Falkland Islands Colony. The memorial, which is of Scottish granite, had been sent out by Lady Shackleton in a whaling steamer. It bears tho inscription: "To the dear memory of Ernest Henry Shackleton, explorer. Born 15th February, 1874. Entered into Life Eternal sth January, 1922." Sir Ernest Shackleton died on the eve of beginning another exploring expedition in the Antarctic.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 129, 2 June 1928, Page 19
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