Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 07 October 1913 Page 9 THE CAPTAIN OATES MEMORIAL ---

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 29 October 1913 Page 6 MEMORIAL TO CAPTAIN OATES. The memorial the late Captain Oates which has been placed on the south wall the Leeds Parish Church will be dedicated by the vicar to-morrow afternoon. It consists of brass tablet, bearing the following inscription in incited letters:— In Memory of Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, Captain (Inniskilling) Dragoons, Born 17th March. 1880, Who having served his Country with distinction In the South African War, 1901-2, Joined Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1901-2, Reaching the South Pole 17th January, 1912, And on the return journey Lat 80" 8' 8' In the hope of saving the Lives of his Companions, Gave his own Life, 17th March, 1912, This Monument placed here by Fellow Citizens As a Record of the Brave Act of "A Very Gallant Gentleman* A.D.. 1913. At the foot of the table it quotation from Thucydides, in Greek characters, of which the following is a translation: "The whole earth is the tomb of heroes." It it expected that Mr. Bryan Oates, a brother, will be present; also Mr. Bernard Wilson, a brother of Dr. Wilson; and Commander Evans, R.N., who is due the same evening to deliver a lecture on "Captain Scott's Expedition" at the Coliseum, under the auspices of the Leeds Institute.