From:South Georgia Museum

Name/TitleFrank Wild memorial cards

About this objectThese cards were left at Frank Wild's funeral in 1939, before being brought to South Georgia, his current resting place, by his biographer Angie Butler in 2015.
Frank Wild met Jack Scott around 1925 as an engineer working for South African railways. They became friends and stayed in touch. Jack offered Frank a job in late 1938 as a storekeeper on one of his mines (Babrusco mine)

Wild worked for Witwatersrand co. in the late 1920s in South Africa

Frank was a member of the British Empire Service League of Pietersburg, South Africa.

Medium and Materialspaper card

Inscription and MarksSGHT.2015.41.1
Inscription Position 1: recto ; Method: pen inscription ; Content: “With deepest sympathy / from / the Employees / Babrusco mine”
Inscription Position 2: verso ; Method: pen inscription ; Content: “late Commander Wild”

SGHT.2015.41.2
Inscription position 1: recto ;Method: pen inscription ;Content: “With deepest Sympathy / from / Jack Scott”
Inscription position 2: verso ; Method: pen inscription ;Content: “late Commander Wild”

SGHT.2015.41.3
Inscription position 1: recto ;Method: Print and Type ;Content: “With Deepest Sympathy / from / The Milling and Tube Milling / Staff of Witwatersrand Gold / Mining Co. Ltd.”
Inscription position 2: verso ;Method: typewritten ;Content: “Late Commander Wild.”

SGHT.2015.41.4
Inscription position 1: recto Method; typewritten ;Content: “With deep sympathy / from / Comrades. B.E.S.L. (Pietersburg)
Inscription position 2: verso Method; typewritten ;Content: “Funeral late Commander Wild”

MeasurementsL. 6cm; W. 9cm

Subject and Association Keywords"ENDURANCE"

Subject and Association KeywordsFrank Wild

Object TypeExpedition

Object numberSGHT.2015.41

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