Editing Deryck Guyler (section)

==Personal life==
In 1941, Guyler married Margaret Mary McConnell<ref name="auto1"/> (a.k.a. "Paddy Lennox"), from the three-sister variety harmony act the Lennox Sisters, and they had two sons, Peter and Christopher. He converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] in 1945.<ref name="Gdn19991009" />

Guyler's passion was collecting jazz records and as of 1986, he had about 1,600 78rpm records, collecting records up to about the year 1947.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Deryck Guyler|series= It's a Funny Business|network=BBC |station=Radio 2 |date= October 1986|language= English}}</ref> In addition, he was a well known [[Wargaming|wargamer]], and 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,<ref>"Slingshot" magazine, Issue 5</ref> Guyler was later made an honorary life president of the society.

A long-time resident of [[Norbury]], [[South London]], he retired to [[Ashgrove, Queensland]], Australia, in 1993, to be near his younger son Chris, daughter-in-law Judy and his three grandchildren.

He died on 7 October 1999 and his funeral service was held at St. Mark's Catholic Church, [[Inala, Queensland]], on 13 October. In 1995, [[Danny Baker]] and the [[BBC]] had made a 10-minute tribute to Guyler, which was used as a part of the eulogy delivered by his son Chris.