Guy Mayfield

The Ven. Guy Mayfield (23 June 1905 – 19 July 1976) was Archdeacon of Hastings from 1956 to 1975.

He was educated at Lancing College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[1] Ordained 1930, Curate St John's Fitzroy Square, St. Saviour's, Walton Street, SW; Hurstpierpoint, Asst Editor The Guardian, 1936–39; Chaplain, RAFVR, 1939, Duxford, Gibraltar, Egypt and The Sudan, 1943. Rector: St Paul's, St Leonards-on-Sea, 1946; Little Horsted, 1948; Dir of Religious Education, Chichester Diocese, 1948; Dep. Diocesan Sec., Press Sec., 1950; Prebendary in Chichester Cathedral, 1956, Select Preacher, Cambridge Univ.^[2]

Mayfield was stationed at RAF Duxford during the Battle of Britain.^[3] His previously unpublished war diary for the time was published by the Imperial War Museum in April 2018.^[4]

He was Chairman of the College Council of Ardingly College from 1964 to 1972.^[5]

Published works[edit]

An Anglican Guide to the Orthodox Liturgy. London: Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. 1949. OCLC 2679963. OL 21721570M.
The Church of England: its members and its business. London: Oxford University Press. 1958. OCLC 752748288. OL 6241833M.
Praying with Simplicity. London: Darton, Longman and Todd. 1964. OCLC 782994812. OL 19434779M.
Like Nothing on Earth. London: Darton, Longman and Todd. 1965. OCLC 949043303. OL 18882353M.
Life and Death in the Battle of Britain. London: Imperial War Museum. April 2018. ISBN 9781904897316. OCLC 991786414.

References[edit]

^ ‘MAYFIELD, Rev. Canon Guy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
^ Mayfield, Ven. Guy, Who's Who 1976, A & C Black Ltd 1976
^ Farmer, Ben (4 March 2018). "RAF chaplain's diary casts light on pilots who fought Battle of Britain". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Life and Death in the Battle of Britain". IWM Shop. Imperial War Museum. April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ Gibbs, David (2008). A School with a View: A History of Ardingly College 1858-2008. James & James Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903942-83-3.

External links[edit]

"Diary of an RAF Station Chaplain during the Battle of Britain". Church Times. 13 April 2018.

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[1] ‘MAYFIELD, Rev. Canon Guy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014

[2] Mayfield, Ven. Guy, Who's Who 1976, A & C Black Ltd 1976

[3] Farmer, Ben (4 March 2018). "RAF chaplain's diary casts light on pilots who fought Battle of Britain". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[4] "Life and Death in the Battle of Britain". IWM Shop. Imperial War Museum. April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[AC_Gibbs_History-5] Gibbs, David (2008). A School with a View: A History of Ardingly College 1858-2008. James & James Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903942-83-3.

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