Norman 'Chippie' Willcox

Norman Robert Baptised: 1896, March 7th Born: January 13th 1896 Parents: John Syms & Anne Smith WILLCOX Occupation: Jeweller Residence: Grahams Town Witnesses: Robert John Willcox & The Parents Baptised by: J.G.Holmes

Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Baptism register, 1869-1908, page 132, entry number 4207. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 878-4. Transcribed by Lynn Couperthwaite and proof read by Sue Mackay as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois

Baptisms 7th March Grahamstown Cathedral, St George https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-SQWN?i=133...

Marriage 14 Feb 1925 TVL, Jo'burg, Malvern, St. Patrick Anglican Marriages 1924-1930 4

Norman and his wife died in a boating accident on Lake Nyashia in Kenya, Africa with his wife's parents. Somehow they got unto a whirlwind. They did not return and were reported lost. Aircraft looked for them. Their bodies were found wedged on a shelf under water where crocodiles had taken them to rot. The bodies were recovered for burial. They had no children