Guy Mayfield

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The Ven. '''Guy Mayfield''' (23 June 1905 – 19 July 1976) was a Church of England priest who served notably as Archdeacon of Hastings from 1956 to 1975.

He was educated at Lancing College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.<ref>‘MAYFIELD, Rev. Canon Guy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014</ref> 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.<ref>Mayfield, Ven. Guy, Who's Who 1976, A & C Black Ltd 1976</ref>

Mayfield was stationed at RAF Duxford during the Battle of Britain.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farmer|first1=Ben|title=RAF chaplain's diary casts light on pilots who fought Battle of Britain|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/04/raf-chaplains-diary-casts-light-pilots-fought-battle-britain/|accessdate=15 April 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=4 March 2018}}</ref> His previously unpublished war diary for the time was published by the Imperial War Museum in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Life and Death in the Battle of Britain|url=http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/26460/Life_and_Death_in_the_Battle_of_Britain|website=IWM Shop|publisher=Imperial War Museum|accessdate=15 April 2018|date=April 2018}}</ref>

He was Chairman of the College Council of Ardingly College from 1964 to 1972.<ref name="AC_Gibbs_History">{{cite book | last = Gibbs | first = David | title = A School with a View: A History of Ardingly College 1858-2008 | publisher = James & James Publishers Ltd | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-903942-83-3}}</ref>

==Published works== *{{cite book | title = An Anglican Guide to the Orthodox Liturgy | date = 1949 | publisher = Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius | location = London | ol = 21721570M | oclc = 2679963 }} *{{cite book | title = The Church of England: its members and its business | date = 1958 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = London | ol = 6241833M | oclc = 752748288 }} *{{cite book | title = Praying with Simplicity | date = 1964 | publisher = Darton, Longman and Todd | location = London | ol = 19434779M | oclc = 782994812 }} *{{cite book | title = Like Nothing on Earth | date = 1965 | publisher = Darton, Longman and Todd | location = London | ol = 18882353M | oclc = 949043303 }} *{{cite book | title = Life and Death in the Battle of Britain | date = April 2018 | publisher = Imperial War Museum | location = London | url = http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/26460/Life_and_Death_in_the_Battle_of_Britain | ol = | oclc = 991786414 | isbn = 9781904897316 }}

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==External links== *{{cite news|title=Diary of an RAF Station Chaplain during the Battle of Britain|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/13-april/features/features/diary-of-an-raf-station-chaplain-during-the-battle-of-britain|work=Church Times|date=13 April 2018}}

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