Reginald Skelton

Sir Reginald William Skelton KCB CBE DSO (3 June 1872 – 5 September 1956) was a British vice-admiral and engineer who served as chief engineer and official photographer of the 1901-1904 Discovery Expedition to Antarctica.

[1] Skelton was born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, and educated at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire.

Once established on the continent he became a well-respected member of the team (Huxley 1978), eventually having four features named after him: an inlet, a glacier, an icefall and a lévé.

On his return he married his fiancée, the New Zealander Sybil Devenish-Meares of Christchurch: they had two daughters and a son.

[1] Skelton was portrayed by Cliff Burnett in the 1985 Central Television serial The Last Place on Earth.