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Mayfield was stationed at RAF Duxford during the Battle of Britain.^[3] His previously unpublished war diary for the time was published by the Imperial War Museum in April 2018.^[4]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

• 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.