After leaving school Ted decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and join the Army. He became a Company Sergeant Major in the Army Cadets, but soon realised his calling was the Parachute Regiment.

After rigorous training Ted was deployed in Cyprus where his regiment were to prepare for the Yemen. His battalion found themselves stationed up in the Troodos Mountains. One day in September 1958, whilst on patrol up Mount Kantara, near Kyrena, his vehicle hit a landmine. Ted was flown to the British Medical Hospital in Nicosa. They had to remove his right leg below the knee.
 

Ted’s life may have changed forever after that day, but he remained as determined and resolute as ever to serve his country. Ted underwent rehabilitation at Egham in Surrey and retrained as an Instrument Engineer. In 1962 he became a member of Blesma (British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association) and following his retirement he volunteered as a Welfare Representative. Ted also devotes some of his time as a treasurer of the Milton Keynes Branch of the Parachute Regiment Association.


We have been here for Ted since the day he joined up and we will be for the rest of his life. For over 100 years we have supported the Armed Forces and their families with affordable accommodation and welfare breaks. We are the Victory Services Club; the all ranks, tri-service, family friendly London based Club.

We are a charity that offers membership to the military community for the rest of their lives, free membership to those who currently serve and rooms in the heart of London's West End.