Second Lieutenant Leslie Arthur Hyde

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Hyde, Leslie Arthur

Date of birth: 1896-06-20

Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada

Next of kin: T.B. Hyde, 26 Roxboro Drive, Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Student

Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified

Religion: Congregationalist

Date of death: 1915-10-26

Cause of death: Died of illness

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 89690

Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Rank detail

Second Lieutenant (British Army).

Degree of service: Great Britain

Survived war: no

Commemoration location: 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque, University Schools, University of Toronto

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 663013

LAC ID: 487288

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B4674-S039

Uploader's Notes:

Article in Toronto Star, November 9, Page 2 states he died of blood poisoning, 'acute septicaemia', possibly contracted when he was 'camping out' in the Otterpool area of England. His father, Rev. T.B. Hyde, was informed by the surgeon-general of the Royal Horse Artillery - to which Leslie had recently been promoted from the ranks of the University Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. The illness had baffled the doctors to the extent that they had consulted with Sir Arbuthnot Lane, one of the greatest surgeons in England, prior to performing an operation to try and cure him.

An earlier article in the Toronto Star of October 30 stated that he was buried with full Military Honours, in Kilkenny, Ireland, the birthplace of his father and the current residence of his grandparents.

Uploader's Research notes: [Second Lieutenant British Army Royal Horse Artillery Royal Horse Artillery ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2009-07-04