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36: 506:. On a search mission in the jungle for another stay-behind-Briton, Chapman was captured by the Japanese but managed to escape back into the jungle during the night, despite being surrounded by Japanese soldiers, who were asleep as well as several on guard. The Japanese had confiscated a number of his possessions including many of his natural scientific observations in diaries, which he requested (via a letter to the Japanese Governor General) be sent to the Royal Geographical Society of London should they be found, although they were never returned. 692: 268:
preferred to be out walking and climbing in the surrounding fells. This eventually resulted in Chapman being excused by the headmaster – whom Chapman described as wise and sympathetic to his cause – from having to participate in organised sports, especially cricket, as long as he did not waste his time. Chapman used this time to explore the local area on foot.
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co-educational boarding school in the world. His dynamism and understanding of the requirements of young people were the guiding influence in setting up the school to become a first class success story which lasted for 11 years. He was relieved after its successful commencement, at which time he continued in educational work as Headmaster of
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During the Japanese invasion the then Captain Chapman took part in an undercover raid across the Perak River in support of Rose Force. During the mission Chapman noticed how lightly equipped the Japanese soldiers were in contrast to the heavy kit of the British and Indian forces. He noted they had
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who lived in guerrilla camps in the jungle, waging war with the Japanese. However, due to the difficult jungle terrain and also due to Japanese attacks, or by leading search parties for lost members, he gradually lost all his team members through disease and gunfire and was completely cut off. For
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had resided during the last days of World War II. Chapman, as headmaster, set up the school, organised the teachers, arranged for the alterations to accept both boys and girls, and then in one day in 1948 accepted 400 young boys and girls into what was possibly the first successful comprehensive,
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in Yorkshire, but did not excel in any of his chosen subjects. Chapman, in his own words, "loathed the monotonous bell-regulated routine of school life" and considered lessons as "things to be avoided by all possible means, fair or foul, and organised games were a waste of a fine afternoon.". He
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Chapman was wounded twice during his time in Malaya, once in the leg by a steel nut from a homemade cartridge and once in the arm. He was captured both by Japanese troops and by Chinese bandits, escaping from both. Once he spent seventeen days in a semi coma, suffering from tick-typhus,
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wrote "Colonel Chapman has never received the publicity and fame that were his predecessor's lot ; but for sheer courage and endurance, physical and mental, the two men stand together as examples of what toughness the body will find, if the spirit within it is tough; and as very worthy
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In early 1942, Chapman ran out of the supplies that had been hidden for stay-behind parties such as his team. Chapman and his team then tried to escape from Malaya, but had to hide from the Japanese in the Malayan jungle with the help of the Malayan Chinese Communists led by
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The resort has a bar named 'Chapman's bar' in Emerald Bay (from where he swam to the submarine). The resort also hosts the 'Chapman Challenge', which includes a timed trek through the jungle and a swim. Each year descendants of Chapman have attended and even competed.
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Freeman adds, "despite leading such an extraordinary life, Chapman still felt unfulfilled. For someone who had always sought 'to experience the fullness of life, and the inner satisfaction that comes from facing and overcoming danger', old age offered few pleasures.
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Chapman suffered from frequent and severe back pain, as well as recurring stomach pain and headaches. Chapman committed suicide in his study on 8 August 1971, leaving a note for his wife reading, "I don't want you to have to nurse an invalid for the rest of my life."
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is to expect nothing and accept the dangers and bounties of the jungle as of a natural course. Hence, one's steady state of mind was of the utmost importance to ensure that the physical health of body and the will to live were reinforced on a daily basis.
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succeeded to become the first mountaineers to climb the 7314 m high peak, which they finally reached from the Bhutanese side after finding the route from the Tibetan side impassable. The mountain would not be climbed again until 1970.
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more than one and a half years, he had to live in jungle camps with Chinese Communist guerrillas, traveling long distances through dense and difficult jungles while often suffering high fevers caused by malaria.
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in areas the Japanese might overrun. In August 1941, a plan for stay-behind parties that would include local Indians, Chinese and Malays was proposed, but this was rejected by the British colonial governor, Sir
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After the war, Chapman was asked to form a school in Germany for the sons and daughters of British Forces and Control Commission Civilians resident in the British Zone of occupied Germany. This school, the
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in his expeditions, and the expedition members were a mixture of hard nuts, and rather fey Cambridge misfits. Many of the members would go on to do extraordinary things in the war. These members included
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Both of Chapman's parents died whilst he was still a young child. His mother, Winifred Ormond, died shortly after his birth in London and his father, Frank Spencer Chapman, was killed at the
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bites. Finally, with the help of the Malayan Chinese Communists, they managed to repair first their radio receiver (using car batteries charged with a pedal dynamo) and secondly their
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drops into the jungle. Subsequently, they could support British liaisons with the Malayan Chinese Communist guerrillas, and managed to escape from occupied Malaya in the submarine
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representatives of our national capacity for individual enterprise, which it is hoped that even the modern craze for regulating our lives in every detail will never stifle."
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followed on 7 November 1946. He retained a reserve commission until 4 December 1957, when he reached the age limit for service. He was belatedly awarded the
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little standard issue equipment other than raincoats which had a hood and covered the bikes they were riding, allowing them to continue cycling in the rain.
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on a weekly basis. He was allowed to wander and did so in an unshepherded way into the middle of Tibet and around the Holy City.
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equipment with spare parts collected by the Communist guerrillas (the military wing of this being the
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and was an able kayaker and dog sledger. Chapman, with the other expedition members, was awarded the
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In 1946, Chapman married Faith Townson and had three children: Nicholas, Stephen and Christopher.
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challenge, 70 miles (112.7 km) and 30,000 feet (9,100 m) of climbing in the English
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After his return from Lhasa, Chapman obtained permission to lead a five-man expedition from
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At the age of 8, "after a disastrous term in the kindergarten of a girls' school in
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Moynahan, B. The Jungle Soldier: The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman. Quercus
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In the foreword to Chapman's book on his experiences in Japanese occupied Malaya,
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Early in 1936, he joined a Himalayan climbing expedition. He was not only a keen
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The Pangkor Laut island resort has a memorial to Chapman, with a quotation from
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ice-cap. The first European to do this since Nansen, he became fluent in the
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In between the Greenland Expeditions he attempted what was to become the
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Chapman, F.S (1940) Helvellyn to Himalaya, London: Chatto & Windus.
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The Tibet Album – British photography in Central Tibet, 1920 – 50.
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The Red Dragons ( Magazines of King Alfred School Plõn 1948–1953 )
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Due to continued Japanese attacks, Chapman and the two members of
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Whilst at Sedbergh School, Chapman won a Kitchener Scholarship to
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The Tibetan Album: British Photography in Central Tibet 1920–1950
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of "events" in Lhasa and took many photographs that were sent to
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In late 1943, Chapman finally re-established contact with the
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being amongst his heroes. He enjoyed difficult climbs and met
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veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in
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Laut off the west coast disguised as Chinese labourers.
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Chapman was attached as "ski expert and naturalist" to
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All books published by Chatto & Windus in London.
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Fells, his time of 25 hours was not however a record.
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after a trek from the mainland jungle to the island
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on 6 June 1939, Chapman was chosen for a mission in
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