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Anthony
Benoit Guise
1917 - 1944
Artist and Soldier
Son of Jules
Guise and Vera Agnes
Guise
born 5th April 1917 registered in Croydon
married Joan Mary Dibdin 1942
One son Raoul Guise
Anthony
Benoit Guise in World War 2 - summary
Details
of the life A.B.Guise particularly during World War 2
Extra
letters after the Death of Tony
Life
of his wife, Joan Mary Guise, in World War 2
Gallery
of his work
Guise
family
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Very little is
known about the life of Tony except that from documents and letters and
paintings, he seemed to have been quite remarkable in a number of ways.
There is a memory
of a newspaper cutting from the war indicating that when he was 14 years
old he was a splendid boy scout. The context was about when the troop ship that he was on in the war on his way to the east,
sunk,
it
was noted that he was careful when evacuating the ship and settled those
things of significance including a good pair of shore.
His comment was that they were a too good a pair of shoes to be wasted!
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He was close to his mother
Vera (Mater) and well loved y his two sisters Maria and Yvonne.
He was obvious
passionately in love with Joan Dibdin whom he meet at his home in
Streatham when on leave, so much so that they had to get married
within a short time of meeting. He had a strong sense of responsibility
and was expected to be a good father and loyal husband.
He and Joan had one son
Raoul born in 1943, 14 months before Tony died.
Before leaving for India
he did see his son.
Poem
sent back from Ceylon
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His paintings from
the age of sixteen indicate that he was a very capable artist and he studied as an art student before the outbreak of war. There a number of
painting and one example of his sculpture in existence. When in India
and Ceylon during the war he sent home, drawings
of his tent in India and the bungalow in Ceylon that he was able to design and have built as his
officers lodgings. His letters show that as their officer, he took his duty to
his men very seriously, writing home to families when necessary. He
drowned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) saving a colleague when swimming.
Anthony Benoit Guise an artist and soldier in the 2nd
World War died
in Columbo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) on 23
July 1944
while On Active Service [44]
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Name: |
GUISE, ANTHONY BENOIT |
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Initials: |
A B |
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Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
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Rank: |
Lieutenant |
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Regiment/Service: |
Royal Artillery |
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Secondary Regiment: |
Royal Indian Artillery |
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Secondary Unit Text: |
attd. 13 H.A.A. Regt., |
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Age: |
27 |
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Date of Death: |
23/07/1944 |
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Service No: |
217042 |
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Additional information: |
Son of Jules and Vera A. Guise; husband of Joan Mary Guise (nee
Dibdin),
of Chiswick, Middlesex. |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
2. J. 1. |
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Cemetery: |
COLOMBO
(LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY |
Gallery of Paintings by A.B.Guise
Drawing of his tent while in India
Drawings
of the 'bungalow' that he designed and had made in India
Painting
of a Bear by A.B.Guise
Poem sent
back from Ceylon |
