It is with very deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm that Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde was killed in action in southern Iraq on 24 June 2003 whilst serving with 156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police.
Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde
Aged 23, he came from Northallerton in Yorkshire and was single.
Ben Hyde joined the Army in June 2001 and was posted to 156 Provost Company in March 2002, where he served with the Parachute Provost Platoon
