Notes:   | MMP. From Bolton, Lancashire. Entitled to 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad Egypt 10/9/14 Medal Card/roll not found for war medals. He was born in Eaton, Norfolk and enlisted 29/1/12 in the 1/1 Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, No. 3060 and 110158. Mobilized 5/8/14 age 26 years, Home address: 9 Victoria Square, Bolton, Lancashire. Served Home 29/1/12 to 9/9/14, Egypt 10/9/14 to 23/12/17, France 28/7/16 to 5/2/19, Home 6/2/19 to 6/2/19, 7/2/19 Discharged. 23/2/17 attached MMP 42 Division, 1/3/17 Transferred to MMP. 16/1/19 admitted to St Luke's War Hospital, Halifax. 20/3/19 died after disembodiment. Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. He is shown in CWGC roll as 3 East Lancashire Regiment but was discharged from the MMP. Inscription on gravestone: Beloved son of James and Alice Hyde, Duty nobly done.
Info from Pension Index Card:- Hyde, Ralph Horace, P/10740, MMP, A/Sgt, discharged 6/3/1919, died 20/3/1919 at Bolton from Pneumonia widow Mrs Lilian Hyde, address: 55 Vernon Street, Bolton, Lancashire, born 31/1/1889, married 22/2/1919, 20/10/1919 she received a £5 grant. 21/3/1919 she received 41/1 per week for herself and her step child Stella McKeever, born 14/1/1905.
Ralph Horace Hyde. |