Name
John Hyde
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
11/01/1941
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
A/49519
Kent Regiment, R.C.I.C. (Royal Canadian Infantry Corps)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM (MAPLE LEAF) CEMETERY
Lot 66. Ward G.
Canada
Headstone Inscription
Beloved son of Eva and Sydney Hyde of England. Resting till we meet again (Not CWGC)
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He had the Service Number A/49519 and was in the Kent Regiment R.C.l.C. which was local to Chatham in Canada.
He probably had an accident in Canada as he is buried in Lot 66, Ward Gin the Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Canada. A private inscription on the gravestone reads "Beloved son of Eva and Sydney Hyde of England. Resting till we meet again". He is not mentioned in the British Army Roll of Honour 1939-45 database.
He was the son of Sydney and Eva Hyde of Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Mrs M. Ewing of Manitoba, Canada, St. Mark’s Church Memorial, Hitchin
