Brigadier Desmond Hayde MVC (1926-2013) was an officer in the Indian Army. He was the commanding officer of the 3rd battalion of the Jat Regiment (3 Jat) in the Battle of Dograi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He led his battalion of 550 men and defeated an enemy force that was double the size of his own battalion. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra for his contribution in the war.