Five: Fusilier F. W. Chipchase, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who drowned on 7 May 1941

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4269616 Fsr. F. W. Chipchase, R. North’d. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, first with edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £140-180

Frederick William Chipchase was born in Gateshead, Co. Durham, on 13 May 1912, and served with the 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. He drowned whilst bathing at Scottsburg beach, whilst a patient at Renishaw Hospital, South Africa on 7 May 1941, and is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.