Personnel of Franklin's lost expedition explained

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 and . The following is a complete list of the ships' muster rolls.__TOC__

Personnel

HMS Erebus

Name	Rank	Origin	Age (as of 1845)
	Captain	Lincolnshire	59
	Commander	London	31
	First Lieutenant (Commander)	Plymouth	35
	Second Lieutenant	Devon	31
	Third Lieutenant	Perth, Scotland	24
	Ice-Master	Aberdeen	45
	First Mate		24
	Second Mate		19
^[1]	Third Mate		22
	Second Master	Hastings, Sussex	27
	Chief Surgeon
	Assistant Surgeon	Anstruther, Fife	25
	Paymaster Purser		46
	Boatswain	Ramsgate, Kent	34
	Carpenter	Portsea, Hampshire	40
	Engineer		39
	Boatswain's Mate	Hull, Yorkshire	34
	Carpenter's Mate	Yarmouth	40
	Captain of the Forecastle	Brompton, Kent	28
	Quartermaster	Aberdeen	35
	Quartermaster	Dundee, Forfar	36
	Quartermaster	Plymouth, Devon	34
	Sailmaker	Glasgow, Lanarks.	43
	Caulker	Deptford, Kent	28
	Blacksmith	Thibnam [<nowiki/>[[Tibenham, Norfolk|Tibenham]]], Norfolk	28
	Leading Stoker	Hampstead, Middx	33
	Cook	Hull, Yorks.	45
	Captain's Coxswain	Upper Deal, Kent	32
	Captain of Maintop	Gillingham, Kent	24
	Captain of Foretop	Kirkwall, Orkney	25
	Captain of the Hold	Edmonton, Middx.	35
	Caulker's Mate	Llanelly, S. Wales	25
	Captain's Steward	Portsea, Hampshire	23
	Gunroom Steward	Southampton, Hants	24
	Paymaster and Purser's Steward	Bristol, Somerset	26
	Subordinate Officers' Steward	Woolwich, Kent	26
	Stoker	Bermondsey, Surrey	32
	Stoker	Westminster, Middx.
	Able Seaman	Fareham, Hants.	23
*	Able Seaman	Shetland	25
	Able Seaman	Greenwich, Kent	28
	Able Seaman	Perth	29
^†	Able Seaman	London, Middx.	32
	Able Seaman	Brompton, Kent	25
	Able Seaman	Chatham, Kent	23
	Able Seaman	Penryn, Cornwall	24
	Able Seaman	Christiansen, Norway	26
	Able Seaman	Holyhead, Angelsea [<nowiki/>[[Anglesey]]]	24
	Able Seaman	Liverpool, Lancs.	24
	Able Seaman	Gainsboro., Lincolns.	25
	Able Seaman	Chatham, Kent	34
	Able Seaman	Upnor, Kent	24
	Able Seaman	Gravesend, Kent	34
	Able Seaman	Portsmouth, Hants.	24
	Able Seaman	Brompton, Kent	28
	Able Seaman	Staines, Berks	27
	Able Seaman	Holyhead, Angelsea [Anglesey]	35
	Able Seaman	Kirkwall, Orkney	41
^¤	Sergeant, Royal Marines	Shepton Montague, Somerset	31
	Corporal, Royal Marines	Inverness	30
	Private, Royal Marines	Somerset	32
	Private, Royal Marines	Manchester, Lancs.	29
	Private, Royal Marines	Nottingham, Notts.	38
	Private, Royal Marines	Kilrush, Clare	28
	Private, Royal Marines	Bristol, Somerset	28
	Ship's Boy	Woolwich, Kent	18
	Ship's Boy	Sheerness, Kent	18
^‡ ∞	Armourer	Wickham, Hants	22
Neptune	Pet, Newfoundland dog^[2]
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)
	Captain	Banbridge, Down	49
	First Lieutenant (Commander)	Hornsey, Middx.	33
	Second Lieutenant	London	28
	Third Lieutenant	Edinburgh	30
	Ice-Master	Whitby, Yorkshire	44
	First Mate		26
	Second Mate
	Second Master		29
	Chief Surgeon		29
	Assistant Surgeon	Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire	27
	Clerk		23
	Boatswain
	Carpenter	Portsmouth, Hampshire	34
	Engineer		35
	Boatswain's Mate	Corbridge	28
	Carpenter's Mate	Lindisfarne	27
	Captain of the Forecastle	Woolwich, Kent	27
	Quartermaster	Peterhead, Scotland	46
	Quartermaster	St. Monance [<nowiki/>[[St Monans|Monans]]], Fifeshire	44
	Quartermaster	Redingstreet, Kent	31
	Caulker	Plymouth, Devon	29
	Blacksmith	Plymouth, Devon	22
	Leading Stoker	Manchester	20
	Cook	Westminster, London	36
	Captain's Coxwain	Portsea, Hants	33
	Captain of the Maintop	Deptford, Kent	32
	Captain of the Foretop	London, Middx.	37
	Captain of the Hold	Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk	29
	Caulker's Mate	Limerick, Ireland	24
	Captain's Steward	Marylebone, Middx.	27
	Gun-room Steward	Chatham, Kent	38
	Subordinate Officers' Steward	London, Middx.	22
	Paymaster and Purser's Steward	Gosport, Hants.	21
	Stoker	London, Middx.	27
	Stoker	Kirton-Lindsey, Lincolns.	45
	Able Seaman	Leyton, Essex	21
	Able Seaman	London, Middx.	24
	Able Seaman	S. Ferry, Fifeshire	32
	Able Seaman	Battersea, Middx.	23
	Able Seaman	Lynn, Norfolk	24
	Able Seaman	Sunderland	28
	Able Seaman	Pembroke, Wales	29
	Able Seaman	Halifax, Nova Scotia	28
	Able Seaman	Hastings, Sussex	23
	Able Seaman	London, Middx.	30
	Able Seaman	Montrose, Scotland	37
	Able Seaman	Shetland, Scotland	28
	Able Seaman	Bognor, Sussex	23
	Able Seaman	Dundee, Scotland	29
*	Able Seaman	Gedney, Lincoln.	24
	Able Seaman	Sallaway [<nowiki/>[[Galloway]]], Scotland	30
	Able Seaman	Portsmouth, Hants.	22
	Able Seaman	S. Shields	29
	Able Seaman	London, Middx.	33
	Sergeant, Royal Marines	Axbridge, Somerset	34
	Corporal, Royal Marines	Bradford, Wilts	30
^†	Private, Royal Marines	Luberclue [<nowiki/>[[Tubberclare]]], Westmeath	30
	Private, Royal Marines	Bradford, Yorks.	32
	Private, Royal Marines	Battersea, Surrey	35
	Private, Royal Marines	Leicester	28
	Ship's Boy	Deptford, Kent	18
	Ship's Boy	Deptford, Kent	19
^∞	Royal Marines	Kenilworth, Surrey	37
^∞	Able Seaman
^∞	Armourer	London	23
^∞	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

Notes and References

1. See Ommaney v Stilwell 23 Beav. 328, 53 ER 129
2. https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-animals-of-the-franklin-expedition/ The animals of the Franklin expedition. Canadian Geographic.