R Guy Williams, 1925 – August 2007.

President of Pendon Museum and locomotive builder extraordinary.
It is with deep regret that we announce that Guy died in the early hours of 30 August 2007, shortly after his eighty-second birthday. He had suffered a series of mini-strokes since May 1999 and recently was admitted to Bristol Royal Infirmary as his wife, Barbara, was finding it increasingly difficult to cope with him at home. Latterly he was in a nursing home, close to his address in Keynsham.

Guy will be remembered by us as a co-founder of Pendon Museum and for his extraordinary output of superbly crafted model engines. Pendon has some 90 locomotives, and of these, 57 were made by Guy. The earliest, in 1950, is the famous 0-6-2T number 5624 whilst the last, an 0-6-0 GWR standard goods, was completed 50 years later. He inspired many, pioneering improvements in the quality of 4mm:1ft scale locomotives by personal enthusiasm and by writing books and providing numerous articles to the model press.

His work for Pendon was diverse, being successively Treasurer, Chairman and President. Some of the buildings in Dartmoor and the Vale are his and the basic construction of Dartmoor owes a lot to his efforts. He thus made a massive contribution to “Roye’s Dream”.

Following wartime service as a Fleet Air Arm pilot, he had close links with the Naval Air Museum at Yeovilton so, understandably, he was a prolific modeller of naval aircraft. But somehow he found time to pursue a scholastic career that ended as the headmaster of a secondary school.
Our sympathies are with Barbara and the family for their sad loss.

Austin Attewell, Vice President – Pendon Museum