Post-war
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 King Alfred School for children 11 to 18 years of age, used the German naval establishment at Plön in Schleswig-Holstein where Admiral Dönitz had resided during the last days of World War II. Freddie, 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, 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 and it was 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 St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa (1956–61) and Warden of Wantage Hall at the University of Reading. Chapman suffered from frequent and severe back pain, as well as recurring stomach pain and headaches, which may have been a factor in his suicide. Chapman shot himself on 8 August 1971.
A bar situated at Emerald Bay on Pankor Laut, just off Pangkor Island, the rendez-vous point with the submarine, has been named after him (Chapman's).
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