Born in Dunnington, a village that is part of the city of York, Frank was the son of James Dobson and his wife, Irene (nee Shortland). His father and his grandfather were both railwaymen and both died young – his grandfather was run over and killed on the railway and his father died of kidney failure when Frank was 16.
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