Born c.1836 at Rottingdean, near Brighton, the son of Moses Hyde, a Bricklayer, and his wife, Mary.
Possibly related to Frederick Hyde of the 13th Light Dragoons.
Enlisted at Brighton on the 1st of February 1855.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 20th of June 1855.
Tried for "absence" by a Regimental Court-martial and imprisoned from the 16-19 of August 1855.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
The musters for July-September of 1858 show him as being "On Field Service" from September onwards.
Served in the field at Rajghur and Mungrowlee with Captain William Gordon.
Tried by a Regimental Court-martial for "absence" and imprisoned from the 29th of November 1864 — 26th of February 1865.
Discharged from Colchester on the 30th of October 1865, being:
"Unfit for further service. Has Chronic Bronchitis. Constitutional and the result of military service. Cannot contribute much towards earning a livelihood. He was invalided from India back to England on the 27th of March 1860." Served 10 years 172 days. In Turkey and the Crimea: 1 year 3 months In India: 2 years 10 months. Was awarded a pension of 6d. per day for 2 years. Aged 29 years 8 months on discharge. To live at Rottingdean, near Brighton.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
Died in the Brighton Pension District on the 16th of March 1866.
The GRO records confirm his death in the Lewes District, aged 28 years [sic] during the January-March quarter of 1866.