Retirement and Death
He retired in 1903 to Bournemouth, being replaced as CME by George Whale. He died in Bournemouth in 1906 aged 70. He had never married.
A complex man, with very great capabilities, deep sensitivity and tolerance yet sometimes an unapproachable martinet, blind to the faults of his later compound locomotives. —L&NWR Society : Personalities.Read more about this topic: Francis Webb (engineer)
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