Already suffering leukaemia, he spent a night in his parents' 1929 caravan in wet and cold conditions at a Gilwell re-union in September 1962 and caught a cold, which subsequently turned to pneumonia, then pleurisy, which led to a fatal heart attack.
Already battling cancer, he spent a night in his parents' 1929 caravan in damp and chilly conditions at a Gilwell reunion in September 1962 and caught an illness, which subsequently developed into pneumonia, then pleurisy, ultimately resulting in a fatal heart attack.