Frank Wild

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Frank Wild CBE FRGS
Wild in 1914
Born	John Robert Francis Wild (1873-04-18)18 April 1873 Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
Died	19 August 1939(1939-08-19) (aged 66) Klerksdorp, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Burial place	Grytviken, South Georgia 54°17′06″S 36°30′26″W / 54.28511944401586°S 36.50727886228288°W / -54.28511944401586; -36.50727886228288
Occupation(s)	Antarctic explorer, sailor
Awards	Royal Geographical Society's Back Award (1916) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1920) Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal (1924) Polar Medal with four clasps
Military service
Branch	Merchant Navy Royal Navy
Service years	1889–1939
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	Royal Naval Reserve
Expeditions 1901–1904 1907–1909 1911–1914 1914–1917 1921–1922	5 total Discovery expedition Nimrod expedition Australasian expedition Transantarctic expedition Shackleton–Rowett expedition

John Robert Francis Wild CBE FRGS (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939) 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.^[1]