Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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George Ben SAYCE
Captain George Ben SAYCE
26th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment,
also 20th (Service) Battalion, Depot Company
Killed in Action, Saturday 1st July 1916, France, age 29
| Home address: | 168 Palatine-Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Born: | 1887, Birkenhead, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Marion Sayce and George Arthur Sayce The Wirral, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Married to Dilys Sayce (née Evens) 67 Bridge Street, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Occupation: | Metal Salesman |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | Dantizig Alley British Cemetery, Somme, France, plot VI, row I, grave 2. |
| Link to Hyde: | Not Known |
Enlisted with the Manchester Regiment as a Second Lieutenant in November 1914, and promoted to Captain in January 1915.
From the Denstonian School Magazine:
Captain Sayce was killed in action. In the attack on July 1st he asked his Commanding Officer to allow him to lead and led his men splendidly to the capture of the enemy's front line trench. They achieved this much with speed and completeness and equally quick won their way to the second trench. Captain Sayce was about to jump into this with his men when he was hit by a sniper's bullet. He was 29 years of age.