Frank Geoffrey Laskier (1912 – 8 July 1949) New Brighton, Wirral, was a British seaman who came to public attention during World War II.

His famous "My Name is Frank" broadcasts during the Battle of the Atlantic affected popular opinion about the war and helped Merchant Navy recruitment efforts in America and Britain.

[6] In late 1940, Laskier's ship, Eurylochus, on which he served as a gunner, was attacked and sunk by a merchant raider, the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, off the coast of West Africa.

After two days on a raft, with no water and fending off sharks, he and the remaining crew were rescued by a neutral Spanish merchant ship, Monte Teide.

[3][5][7] The Postscript episode, and an encore appearance in which "a merchant seaman talks", reached a wide audience and proved popular with listeners.

When he spoke you could hear the waves thud and smash against the sides, feel the ship lurch and stagger as the torpedo struck, see the men, with strained faces and blowing hair, toiling to get the boats out.

[5] In another clip for British Pathé, in 1941, Laskier says he wants to go out fighting again (re-enlist) to avenge the deaths of his friends, while the romantic interest with "Mary" would have to wait.

[3] Reviewing the book in the New York Herald Tribune Lincoln Colcord called it, "a work of art so simple and acute, that one often pauses to wonder."