Guy Alexander Ingram Dury was an English cricketer and British Army officer.
16 Facts About Guy Dury
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Guy Dury served in both world wars with the London Regiment and the Grenadier Guards, winning the Military Cross during the First World War.
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Guy Dury was a first-class cricketer who played for the British Army cricket team and the Free Foresters.
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The son of the first-class cricketer Theodore Dury and his wife Helen Isabella Ingram, Dury was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill.
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Guy Dury was educated at Harrow School, where he played for the school cricket team in 1913 and 1914.
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Guy Dury enlisted in the 4th Battalion, London Regiment in January 1915 as a second lieutenant.
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Guy Dury served during World War I, firstly with the London Regiment where he gained the rank of temporary lieutenant in September 1915.
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Guy Dury served in the later stages of the war with the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, and was given the temporary rank of captain in April 1918.
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Guy Dury ran forwards from the support trenches to direct the defence of two forward posts under heavy machine gun fire.
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Guy Dury was selected to play first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Cambridge in May 1922.
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Guy Dury was promoted to the rank of captain in September 1923, having served as an adjutant vice-captain since May 1922.
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Guy Dury made a third and final appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters in June 1926 against Oxford University at Oxford, during which he made a half century with 51 in the Free Foresters first-innings.
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Guy Dury retired from military service on 27 September 1931, retaining the rank of captain.
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Guy Dury served as the first commandant of a prisoner of war camp near Penrith, Cumbria, that held the German survivors of the sinking of the Bismarck.
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Guy Dury exceeded the age to be recalled in August 1948, was removed from the reserve list of officers, and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Guy Dury married Rose Mary Dorothy Vernon-Harcourt on 12 August 1949.