Frank Levey was born on 11 February 1897 in Hackney, London, the son of Frank Henry Levey, a merchant seaman, and his wife Annie (née Shepherd). He had an older sister and two younger brothers.

He joined HMS IMPREGNABLE at Devonport in September 1913, giving his previous occupation as ‘office boy’, then moved to HMS GANGES at Shotley from January 1914.  He was rated Signal Boy in May 1914.  After a short spell at Chatham Barracks, he joined HMS DOLPHIN on 17 Nov 1914, and was drafted to the submarine depot ship HMS MAIDSTONE for HMS E6 on 9 February 15, still as a Signal Boy, but was rated Ordinary Signalman two days later on his 18th birthday.

E6 remained based at Harwich throughout 1915, so at some point he must have transferred to HMS E7 and is likely to have sailed with her to the Mediterranean in May/June 1915. His service record notes transfer to the depot ship HMS ADAMANT on 10 June 1915.  E7, commanded by Lt Cdr Archibald Cochrane, undertook a highly successful patrol of the Sea of Marmara during July 1915, despite, as the official history notes, the crew suffering throughout from ‘a depressing form of dysentery’. E7 returned to base soon after 25 July 1915 ‘with a sickly crew’, and it would seem that Frank Levey did not recover.  His service record notes that he died from dysentery  at the RN Hospital Malta on 12 August 1915.

He is buried at the Pieta Military Cemetery at Malta in grave BV6.