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Three Lives in World War 2
A Study in Grief
 Including Appendices 1-25

 Raoul Guise
2nd Edition
December 2022

Background to this work with links

Contents 

Appendices

 

 

Appendix

 

Contents and introduction

 

Introduction to Four Families

Dibdin, Haycraft, Fleuss, Guise.

1

Joans’ Diary 1939 - 1950

Giving some insights into her life

2

Letters from Tony to Vera Guise (Mater ) and Yvonne

From UK while on army service 1940-42

3

Letters from Tony to Joan and Mater

From UK 1942-1943

4

Letters from Tony to Joan and Mater 

From Africa, India and Ceylon  19 43-44

5

2 Letters from Joan to Tony

Arrived in Ceylon after he died        

6

Letters of Condolence to Joan  1944-1945

From War Office and military contacts

7

Letters of Condolence to Joan  1944

From Friends and Family

8

Letters of condolence to Mater

2 Letters

9

2 Poems - Digit of the Moon -  I Came to You

Found in Tony and Joan’s  Diaries

10

Handwriting tests

Of both Joan and Tony

11

A Few Significant Letters from and to Peter Dibdin  

Including last letters from Mater and Joan

12

Various Documents

Relating to Tony and Joan and for interest

13

Rex’s advice letter to Joan  

When she felt low in 1944

14

Max Pirani - Letter of advice 3 letters  

1945 about Joan’s future with piano

15

Letters from John Sloan  

Detailing his time in Greece

16

Letters from Yvonne home from Africa

Going to Sierra Leone in 1945

17

Letters between Jane and Joan

After Tony died

18

Letter from David Muir

A proposal

19

Letter from Bill and Anna Smith

From Bradford after the war

20

Letter from Don Haycraft

Inviting Joan to his Wedding

21

Christmas card from Mater

Example of H.O.Fleuss work

22

Annotated Wedding Photographs

Wedding of Joan and Tony and other

23

Collection of Family and Friends Photos

Of  people mentioned in book

24

The Myth of the Family Curse

A flash back to the year 1800

25

Further Details of the life of Joan and her brother.

Before and during WW2 --  look at :
The Book WJ Dibdin  A Glimpse into 3 Generations
Volume 3 in particular

All letters between Joan and Peter Dibdin . and Appendix 3

 

 

Three lives in World War 2

Introduction

A narrative that is focused on the lives  of three people over the period of the Second World War.

Anthony Benoit Guise  
Joan Mary Dibdin who was to marry Anthony  
Raoul Guise, their son.  

Drawn in to the story are the lives of many family and friends, especially Vera, Yvonne and Marie Guise, Peter Dibdin, Joan’s brother and Don Haycraft her cousin. David Muir, the boy next door in Joan’s childhood, plays an important part of the story.

This work is derived from letters, diaries and official documents.

The Article concludes with two letters written posthumously to Tony Guise.

On the 3rd September 1939 War

  was declared against Germany.