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Surname: HYDE
Forename(s): Norman
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 42025
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Worcestershire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 3rd Battalion
Division: 25th Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-04-20
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 75 to 77.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Norman Hyde was the son of James William and Sarah Ellen Hyde, née Blades. James was born at Scalegill, Kirkby Malham and Sarah at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 11, Bennett Street - Norman Hyde, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of James and Sarah E. Hyde.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 5, Bennett Street, Newtown - Norman Hyde, aged 12 years, born Skipton, son of James Wiiliam and Sarah Ellen Hyde.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Hyde, 42025, Worcestershire Regiment.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HYDE, Norman, aged 19, Worcestershire Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Hyde, 5, Bennett Street, Skipton, killed April 20, 1918.
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Private Norman HYDE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Worcestershire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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17 May 1918
Private Norman Hyde, Skipton
Private Norman Hyde, Worcestershire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hyde, 5, Bennett Street, Skipton, was, we regret to say, killed in action on April 20th. He was only 19 years of age and had been in France since February last. Previous to enlistment in February, 1917, he was a weaver at Messrs. Clegg’s, Union Shed, and was a member of the Congregational Young Men’s Class. His elder brother, Private Harold Hyde, lost his right hand in the war about a year ago and is now discharged.
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17 May 1918
HYDE – Killed in action April 20th, Pte. Norman Hyde, Worcestershire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Hyde, of 5, Bennett Street, Skipton, aged 19.
17 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Pte. N. Hyde Killed
Pte. Norman Hyde, of the Worcestershire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Hyde, 5, Bennett Street, Skipton, was killed in action on April 20th. Pte. Hyde, who was 19 years of age, enlisted in February, 1917, and went out to France in February, 1918. He, was formerly employ as a weaver by Messrs. Clegg, Union Shed, Skipton. He was also a member of the Young Men’s Class at the Congregational Church. Another brother, Pte. Harold Hyde, of the West Riding Regiment, lost his right hand in May last year, and has since been discharged.
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