HYDE, Lt.-Col. Charles H.R., 1922-c. 1983

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Comprises:

(fols. i-iii) address card, personal data sheet, and copy letter from the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-5) responses to aide-mémoire
(fol. 6) extract from the Governor's Address to the Legislative Council in Nov 1922
(fols. 7-32) copies of Hyde's diaries as written up in the Regimental Diary each month, 1951-1953 (including nominal rolls of officers).

Dates

Creation: 1922-c. 1983

Extent

32 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (214)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Lt.-Col. C.H.R. Hyde, son of a landed gentry family in Ireland. Educated at Shrewsbury School. Served in Burma (Myanmar), 1928; India, 1930-1933; Cyprus, 1933-1934; UK, 1934-1938; Hong Kong, 1938-1941; Singapore, 1941-1942; was a prisoner of war, 1942-1945; served in UK, 1946-1950; Berlin, 1950-1951; and with the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF), 1951-1954.

1 Sierra Leone Regiment, Sierra Leone, 1951-1954.