Anyone who knew Terry will recall how removed he was from personal contact and to use one of his favourite expressions and/or camaraderie; in fact given his accent and how he seemed to be talking to himself, rather than to a person or group of students, most of the time it was difficult to communicate either professionally or socially with him . . . . so bear with us since what follows is what we could extract from a few memories, Jim Noble his estate executor and an article published some time ago in a sports magazine. Terry was born in Ireland on 26 Feb 1922 and moved to England about 1941 where he joined the British Army, eventually becoming a member of the British APTC. After Aldershot, he served in Gibraltar, Malaya and Italy during WW2. Apparently after the war and release from the Army around 1945 he went back to Italy to study art (painting). Being a Z reservist in the British Army, in 1950 he was conscripted back into the Army and was seconded to Australia where he served for three years. He was de-mobed back to London and somewhere in this time frame he attended Loughborough College for some sort of PhysEd and teaching programme. After this training he applied for and was accepted into Ashbury College in Ottawa as an English and PhysEd teacher from where, in 1954 he mysteriously appeared as a QMSI (MWO) in the Cdn Guards (possibly due to his proximity to NDHQ in Ottawa?) and was employed at the PT Wing of the RCS of I, just as or because of the formation of the Army PT Cadre. During this period he established contact with the AAU and the national and provincial boxing, T&F and soccer associations and worked with these associations contributing to their expansion and development programs. He also used his coaching expertise with several military athletes such as Marie Dupuis, Babe Mason, Tom Chesson, Mike Mercredi and Jim Kin and several others ensuring them a place in national and international competitions. After retiring from the CAF as a CWO, he became an expert collector and dealer in 18th and 19th century paintings and was financially involved in the Aspen-rent-a car company, a travel agency and a couple of antique stores.

Terry was a very talented, respected and feared coach and a man whose fire and enthusiasm ensured he would be a success in whatever field he pursued. As Terry used to say quite frequently . . . . well done, fine, fine.