Personal Life
A long term resident of Norbury, South London, he retired to Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1983, where he lived until his death. He married Paddy Lennox from the three-sister music hall act the Lennox Theatre, and they had two sons, Peter and Christopher.
Deryck Guyler was a well known wargamer, and was a founding member of the Society of Ancients, a group of wargamers specialising in the classical era. Very active in the society in its early years, being elected its first president in 1966, he was later made an honorary life president of the society.
His funeral service was held at St. Mark's Catholic Church, Inala, on 13 October 1999 and he was cremated at Mount Gravatt Cemetery. In 1995, there was a 10-minute tribute to Guyler, made by Danny Baker and the BBC, which the family used as a part of the eulogy delivered by his son Chris at his funeral service at St. Mark's. Paddy Guyler died on 6 January 2002. Both are buried at Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens in the Brisbane suburb of Holland Park.
He was also the narrator for the BBC documentary on Fred Dibnah - Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack.
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