As we all know Pat Reid was commissioned in the R.A.S.C. but can anyone break down to the “local” Unit Pat Reid was serving with when he was made a POW. Thanks and regards, Jonathan S
Reid, Patrick Robert "Pat" Son of John Reid, CIE, ICS, and Alice Mabel Daniell. Married 1st (1943) Jane Cabot (marriage dissolved 1966); three sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (1977) Mrs Mary Stewart Cunliffe-Lister (died 1978). Married 3rd (1982) Mrs Nicandra Hood. 13.11.1910 - 22.05.1990 Bristol district, Gloucestershire [Putney Vale Cemetery] 2nd Lt. TA 16.06.1933 [58974] 2nd Lt. 05.06.1935 Lt. 05.06.1938 T/Capt. 01.12.1939-(04.1946) WS/Capt. 01.11.1945 T/Maj. 01.11.1945-29.03.1947 Hon. Maj. 15.11.1965 MBE 20.12.1945 gallant & distinguished services in the field MC 04.05.1943 gallant & distinguished services in the field Education: Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare; Wimbledon College; King's College, London University (BSc, 1932); AMICE, 1936. Pupilage, Sir Alex Gibb & Partners, 1934-37. 16.06.1933 commissioned, General List (University Candidates) - Territorial Army 05.06.1935 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 24.08.1939 mobilized 1939 - 27.05.1940 Ammunition Officer, 2nd Division (British Expeditionery Force, France; captured) 27.05.1940 - 15.10.1942 POW in German captivity (from 05.05.1940 Oflag VIIC (Laufen); escaped 05.09.1940; recaptured 10.09.1940; from 10.11.1940 Colditz, where he acted as Escape Officer; successfully escaped 15.10.1942 to Switzerland) 09.03.1943 - (04.)1946 Assistant Military Attaché (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)), Berne, Switzerland 29.03.1947 - 15.11.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] Diplomat, administrator, homebuilder, executive, editor, and author. Reid was famous for the daring escape he made during World War II from Colditz Castle, a German prisoner-of-war camp. In the early 1950s he published an account of his escape, The Colditz Story, that became a best-seller in England and spawned a film, a television series, and a recording. The book's success prompted him to write a sequel, The Latter Days. After the war he served at the British embassy at Ankara, Turkey, as First Secretary (Commercial) (1946-1949), before becoming Chief Administrator for the Organization for European Economic Cooperation in Paris, France (1949-1952). Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (C) Dartford and Erith, 1953-55. Later he became active in the housebuilding industry and was a director of Richard Costain (Projects) Limited, 1959-1962. Director, Richard Costain (Middle East) Ltd, 1959-62. W. S. Atkins & Partners, Consulting Engineers, 1962-63. Published: The Colditz Story, 1953; The Latter Days, 1955 (omnibus edn of the two, as Colditz, 1962, televised as The Colditz Story, BBC, 1973-74); (with Sir Olaf Caroe and Sir Thomas Rapp) From Nile to Indus, 1960; Winged Diplomat, 1962; Economic Survey Northern Nigeria, 1962; My Favourite Escape Stories, 1975; Prisoner of War, 1983; Colditz: the full story, 1984. from World War II unit histories
