Roy Francis

Royal Navy officer (1922–2015)

Lieutenant-Commander Roy Wallace Francis (2 July 1922 – 27 January 2015) was a British naval officer who served on HMS Edinburgh and HMS Manchester during World War II. He was later the founder of the 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Wells Harbour Railway and Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, both located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Francis died aged 92.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Roy Francis (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jul 2, 1922, died Jan 27, 2015.¹