Born in Chelsea, London, c.1835.
1851 Census
85, Ellis Street, St Luke's, Chelsea.
The 1851 Census shows him [age ?] in the household of a Stephen Puzey as a servant to the family, Occupation Painter. Puzey himself is shown as a Painter and Plumber, so Walter Hyde may have been an apprentice. [RM]
Enlisted at London on the 3rd of September 1853.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Painter.
Wounded and taken prisoner of war at Balaclava.
Next of kin: Father, Henry Hyde, living in Pimlico, London.
He is not shown as having returned from being a prisoner of war in Russian hands with the remainder in October of 1855, and could possibly have died in captivity.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.
He is not shown as having returned from being a prisoner of war in Russian hands with the remainder in October of 1855, and could possibly have died in captivity.
[PB: George Loy Smith writes "Prisoners...W Hyde (died of wounds)", (A Victorian RSM, Part 8, Appendices and Evidence from the Charge, p.218.]