Memorial

Lieut F M Royds

The Memorial Plaque

Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

1/1

Current Location

AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL CHAPEL, Rossall School, Blackpool Road, Fleetwood, Wyre, Lancashire, FY7 8JW, England

SD 31463 44851

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 42685
Description: Wall mounted, rectangular brass plaque with incised inscription in black lettering and incised foliate border.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ FRANK MASSIE ROYDS,/ LIEUT. R.N. H.M.S. CARYSFORT/ WHO CAME TO ROSSALL IN 1867, ENTERED THE NAVY/ IN 1870 AND, AFTER A CAREER OF SIGNAL PROMISE/ WAS CHOSEN FOR SERVICE WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE/ AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF EL TEB IN THE SOUDAN,/ WHERE HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED, FEB. 29TH 1884/ AGED 27 YEARS.

War: Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, additional

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good