# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lashly
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:36:52.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lashly"
name: "William Lashly"
slug: "william-lashly"
description: "William Lashly was a Royal Navy seaman who served as lead stoker on both the Discovery expedition and the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal. Lashly was also recognised with the Albert Medal for playing a key role in saving the life of a comrade on the second of the two expeditions."
tagline: "British explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Lashly_standing_by_a_Wolseley_motor_sleigh_during_the_British_Antarctic_Expedition_of_1911-1913%2C_November_1911.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1867-12-25"
deathDate: "1940-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump