Frank Cyril Robson

Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission findagrave

Name: Frank Cyril Robson Rank: Engine Room Artificer 5th Class Service Number: C/MX 53247 Service: HMS Royal Sovereign, Royal Navy Date of Birth: February 20, 1921 Place of Birth: Sheppey, Kent, England Date of Death: May 13, 1941 Age at Death: 20 Cemetery: Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, NS Grave: Section N, Lot 117, Div. 2, West Side Frank Cyril Robson was the son of Daisy Gladys Robson and William Henry Robson, of Beacon Hill, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. HMS Royal Sovereign (05) was a Revenge-Class battleship. The ship served from the outset of WWII and returned to convoy duty in the Atlantic in late August of 1940. Frank Cyril Robson was serving on convoy duty and was admitted to the Camp Hill Hospital and died of illness (diphtheria) on May 13, 1941. He was buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.