Frank Wild
(1873-1959)

Died aged c. 86

John Robert Francis Wild CBE FRGS (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939), known as Frank Wild, was an English sailor and explorer. He participated in five expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal with four bars, one of only two men to be so honoured, the other being Ernest Joyce.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

Ernest and Frank Wild polar explorers [full inscription unknown]

School House, Eversholt, United Kingdom where they lived

Frank Wild polar explorer [full inscription unknown]

35 Marlborough Road, Dublin, Ireland where they lived

In commemoration of Frank Wild antarctic explorer born of this parish 1873-1959

Skelton Civic Hall, Coniston Road, Skelton-in-Cleveland, United Kingdom where they was born near (1873)