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Anthony
Benoit Guise
1916 - 1944
Artist and Soldier
Son of Jules
Guise and Vera Agnes
Guise
birth registered in April-May-June 1917 in Croydon
married Joan Mary Dibdin 1942
One son Raoul Guise
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 prepared for evacuating the ship with his boots on.
His comment was that they were a too good a pair of boots 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.
While on leave from
India he did see his son.
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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 the 'house' 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 friend when swimming.
Anthony Benoit Guise an artist and soldier in the 2nd
World War died
in Columbo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) on August
11 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
Drawings
of the 'house' that he designed in Asia
Painting
of a Bear by A.B.Guise
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