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he supported. He had a wealth of He was renowned, respected and to hearing from you in due course.
experience and insight in all manner of loved by all who attended The RLC Ski Thank You, Nigel Caldicott. WO2
sporting activities and was a naturally Championships and it was his guilty (SSM) R Sigs Retd
gifted sportsman. Along with Terry’s pleasure. It has been held at Ruhpolding,
loyalty and sense of duty to all things Bavaria for the last twenty years and Terry
military, and his passion for catering, is the only person within the Corps to have
his other great interest was sport. attended all but last year’s Championships.
In Terry’s early years in the Army he Such was the impact Terry had on the
was a keen footballer, playing for the Championships that The RLC intend to
local German Teams whilst serving honour him by awarding an annual trophy
in Buckeburg and Duisberg, and he in his name to the winner of one of the
also assisted in the running of the Championship Races.
Corps Football Team in Germany in Terry also travelled to the
the late 1980s. European and World Masters Athletic
He was a member of the ACC Championships in Australia, Spain, Stanley Hughes Kermode, Sadly
BAOR Football Squad which had an Italy and South Africa, where he passed away on 12th June 2019 at the
unbeaten tour of the UK in the early happily shared the secret for produc- age of 79.
1990s. In his forties he began to com- ing perfect poached eggs with South
Major (Retd) Peter Lloyd sadly passed
pete as a veteran athlete, he was such African Army chefs! As well as training
away on 16th April 2019
a good all-rounder he soon found his camps in Kenya, Portugal and of course,
mark as an accomplished competitor, Aldershot, Terry was in much demand
particularly in Decathlon. Most notably for his coaching skills.
he won medals at the World Masters We were all very lucky to have had
Championships in the 110m Hurdles Terry in our lives and as much as we will
and Triple Jump in Puerto Rico in 2003 miss him, I am sure that his memory will
and as a member of the 4 x 400 metres remain, for as long as we can remember.
relay team at the Perth Games in 2016. He will be much loved and missed.
He also achieved World Age Group best
times in multiple events in the Double Corporal R J Huckerby
Decathlon in 2008. Dear Sir, it is my sad duty to inform you
Terry was not one for standing still of the passing of 23614566 Corporal R
and as the seasons changed from sum- J Huckerby of Chesterfield, who died
mer to winter, he loved to Cross Country recently following a period during which
Ski. Not only did he quickly master the he was diagnosed as suffering from a
skills and go on to become an excellent number of medical issues. A former
skier, he was naturally gifted. He will be National Serviceman he went on to serve
remembered for leading a group of roll- some 38 years as a Chef in the Territorial
er-skiers, as each November they spent Army with 38 Signal Regiment (V) Frederick Walter (Wally) MacKenzie
their lunch times braving the elements, retiring in the year 2000. He was Legion d’honneur
the London traffic and the Inner Circle awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal 30th May 1921 – 18th October 2019
around Regent’s Park. It was his nature to which he accumulated no less than Wally MacKenzie was born in Irlam,
to pass on his knowledge when coaching 4 Bars. Cpl Huckerby completed his Manchester and attended Flixton High
younger members of the team and this service as Chef to 87 Signal Squadron School. On completion of his education
culminated in several successful years based in Nottingham where he was a he left home to join ‘Archie’s Juvenile
in Military Skiing Championships. His very popular and greatly appreciated Band’ aged 14 as the band drummer.
ability to motivate and train others meant member of the Unit. His Funeral took His brother John was already in the
he was once called upon to fly to Geneva place on Thursday 17th October 2019 at band playing Tenor Sax. They toured
to be driven to Le Contamines to coach a Brimington Crematorium. Chesterfield. the Moss Empire locations all over the
novice team from the RAMC competing If it possible to record the details of his UK. Unfortunately, this type of variety
in the Divisional Championships. Not passing in the Last Post section of the band was going out of fashion and there
only did he coach them he also helped ACC Association magazine I would was a war on. Wally had been known
out in the races, donning his infamous be pleased to purchase the pertinent to curse Hitler for ruining his budding
purple all-in-one lycra suit and eventu- copy and present it to his family in musical career. The Band had been very
ally leading them to overall team gold in due course. I hope that you are able to successful but circumstances led it to
the minor unit category. assist with this matter and look forward being wound up. He then moved back to

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