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Identity
Person No.
10632
Service No.
6798
Last Name
Hyde 3
First Name
Walter George
Initials
W G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1895 (±1 yr) 598
Age at Death
46
Death Record
Date of Death
29 June 1941 106
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
1st Bn. 625
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY 53
Grave Reference
P. 110. 1
Coordinates
31.20607, 29.91599 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of John and Elizabeth Hyde; husband of Margaret A. Hyde, of Durban, South Africa. Also served in the 1914-18 War.

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): HYDE, Walter George (Son of John & Elizabeth Hyde; husband of Margaret A. Hyde, of Durban.) 6798 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born circa 1895; served in the Great War 1914-1918; awarded the Order of St. George, 4th Class (Russia); served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at Mareopolis; died of wounds. Chatby Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 26/09/1941 46
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): DateDeath: Jordan 26/09/1941 vs ROH 1941-06-29.

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