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Private Benjamin Guise Service Number: 23641 Regiment & Unit/Ship Worcestershire Regiment 4th Bn. Date of Death Died 01 July 1916 Age 24 years old Buried or commemorated at Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C. France Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of William and Clara Ann Guise, of Noxons Farm, Broadwas, Worcestershire. United Parish Magazine, Broadwas, September 1916: It is with much regret that we have to record the death of Benjamin Guise who fell in action on July 1st somewhere in France. This makes the third hero from Broadwas who has laid down his life for his King and Country. We offer our deep sympathy with his family. May god comfort them, and may the thought of his glorious death sustain them in the hour of their affliction. Battle of the Somme Honi soit qui mal y pense "shamed be whoever thinks ill of it" 1 July 1916: The Bloodiest Day in British Military History On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, well over 100,000 men went over the top. We'll never know the full total of men who went into battle, because not every battalion recorded their strengths when they went into action. But there were 57,000 casualties on 1 July 1916 – a figure that included the killed, wounded and missing. Of this 57,000, 20,000 were either killed in action or died of wounds. Worcester Regiment off to battle at the Somme 1 July 1916. Published in the Bystander, on Wednesday 19th July 1916. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL       In Memory Of Private BENJAMIN GUISE Service Number: 23641 4th Battalion., Worcestershire Regiment who died on 01 July 1916 Age 24 Son of William and Clara Ann Guise, of Noxons Farm, Broadwas, Worcs. Remembered with Honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 5A and 6C.