T E "Terry" Beddard 1901 - 1966

His many friends will have learned with great regret of the death of Mr. T. E. Beddard, after a long illness, on 21st August, 1966. Terry Beddard had a distinguished fencing career and was a regular member of the British Epée Team for many years.

He took up fencing during a visit to France shortly after leaving Eton and his natural qualities as an épéeist soon made their mark. He first represented Great Britain at the Grande Semaine in Paris in 1925 and took part in the individual Epée Championships of Europe at Ostend the following year.

Thereafter he lived in Marseilles for some years but on his return to London he was a member of the British team in the Anglo-Portuguese Match in London in 1931 and at the World Championships in Budapest in 1933 when the Epée team was placed fourth and he reached the semi-final of the individual.

During the war he was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force which he had joined during the Munich crisis.

After the war he was a member of the All England Fencing Club team which won the Field Marshal Montgomery Trophy in Brussels in 1946 and he was a member of the Epée team in the 1947 and 1950 World Championships.

Terry Beddard won the Miller Hallett Cup in 1933 and 1947 and the Epée Championship in 1939 and was a member the British Olympic teams of 1936 and 1948.

He was Assistant Hon. Secretary for Epée 1934-35 and a member of the A.F.A. Committee from 1936 to 1939. He was a Vice-President of the Epée Club in which he took a great interest over many years. He did much to foster fencing at Eton and "Mr. Beddard's Scratch" team was a regular fixture at the St. Andrew's Day festivities during the last thirty years.  

Terry Beddard was a charming companion and many will remember him as a witty and brilliant writer and after dinner speaker. He will be greatly missed by his host of friends. 

C-L de B.