Capt T Hardy

Captain Terry Hardy passed away on February 8th 2013. His role on Crown was the 2 i/c of 59 Fd Sqn under the O/C Major Chris Bramwell. The picture left is amongst the iconic images in the many Crown Vet's photo albums.Terry's fellow officers have contributed to this obituary. Hilary Nash a 59 troop officer serving under Terry says As you may know, before Terry joined 59 Fd Sqn RE, he had been an Engineer advisor with 22 SAS so I suspect the role of '21 Charlie' (21C) did not excite him.

He would arrange weekend walkabouts from Crown
Camp, we would set off for an overnight stay somewhere in the bush.He
always seemed to manage very well on half the kit the rest of the party
considered essential. Whilst we were in Singapore he said that he had a mate who was the Diving Officer at HMS Terror and he could arrange a dive for us if we wanted one. On the due day we all piled into a Landrover and headed to the north of the island from Cloutman Lines.

As we approached the gate to HMS Terror he calmly announced "I've told them we are all trained divers". I myself had never touched a bit of diving kit before. Another Officer to serve with Capt Hardy was Bob Barlow who says this " Terry was an endlessly cheerful, patient and supportive 'boss'. My main memory was of his weekend expeditions on foot into the bundu. There would be three or four of us, each with a tent, a small pack of provisions, usually compo rations and a few cans of beer.

(Bob Barlow cont.)"They were organised and led by Terry. Nothing exotic, but a good way of getting away from the pressures of the project for a couple of nights. I particularly remember giving a wide berth to a cobra which reared up beside the track and Terry dismissing it disdainfully as 'not a serious threat'! (I did not agree!). I suppose this was the closest that he could get to the SAS type of existence that he clearly relished within the confines of that probably rather difficult posting. Our paths crossed again later in life, when I was working for a company that developed and manufactured 'funnies' for the MOD, oil companies etc and Terry was a Civil Servant/RO with responsibility for procuring them. A colleague was his main point of contact, so I only met him for a couple of pub lunches when kit was being demonstrated, but I know that he was a much-liked and respected client. I think Terry was there when I arrived in Nov 64 and had been replaced by Rex Osborn by the time I left in Aug 65. I was very sorry to hear of his death".