Portrait of Sir Francis Chichester KBE painted by his wife Sheila

Portrait of Francis Chichester by Giles, May 1971.

Francis Chichester Aged 3 - 1904

Family group - Francis Chichester aged about 6 - in 1907

A young Francis Chichester with the original Gypsy Moth 1929

Francis Chichester arriving Sydney after completing the 2nd solo flight to Australia, 1930. Copyright Sydney Morning Herald.

Francis Chichester and his father, (Parson) Charles - 1929

Francis Chichester and Gipsy Moth Sea-plane, Jervis Bay, N.S.W, 1931, having completed first ever solo crossing Tasman Sea from New Zealand.

Francis Chichester convalescing in Japan, 1931 / 2. Amy Johnson, visiting, on right

Francis Chichester in wartime RAF uniform

Francis Chichester - post war, late 1940s - Bee-keeping

Gipsy Moth III, passing the Queen Elizabeth and The Statue of Liberty, New York, 1960

Francis Chichester and son Giles, Sydney 1966, halfway mark of circumnavigation. Copyright Sydney Morning Herald.

Gipsy Moth IV rounding Cape Horn March 20 1967. Copyright The Times.

The Crew of HMS Eagle lining the decks to salute Gipsy Moth IV, May 1967. Copyright, The Daily Telegraph.

Public Investiture Greenwich 7 July 1967. Copyright New Agencies Ltd., Fleet Street

Public Investiture Greenwich 7 July 1967. Copyright New Agencies Ltd., Fleet Street

Gipsy Moth V off Guinea-Bissau, January 1971, setting off on the transatlantic speed run to Nicaragua. Copyright Christopher Doll.

Close up of the memorial plaque carved in oak by Richard Grasby and located in the private chapel of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu at Bucklers Hard.

Close-up of the Navigators' memorial on the Southside Big Cloister, Westminster Abbey, commemorating the circumnavigations of Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook and Sir Francis Chichester.