Talk:Pat Reid

Reid's Military Service
I was writing from memory and altered the RAF to Army for Reid because I always remember him being referred-to as Major Pat Reid (it turns out he was a Captain and then Major in the RASC - Royal Army Service Corps) and the rank of 'Major' does not exist in the RAF, so I was fairly sure he wasn't RAF.

As for a reference - see below (look under the entry for Captain R.H. Howe MBE MC, Royal Tank Corps - which also mentions the 'Laufen six')

[THE SECRET WIRELESS INSTALLATION - Page Notes - The Colditz Secret Radio]

I'm wary of relying on the Web for sources but this site seems to know a lot of detail, e.g., ranks, regiments, awards, etc, that is unlikely to have been made up.

Ian Dunster 15:25, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I found this page while searching for this gentleman for my future father-in-law who went to university with his daughter and met him. Apparently he was also an elected MP after world-war two, but as I don't have the time to add this currently or a have a relevant source that I could quote for this knowledge I will leave this information for whoever updates this page next. By all means the second hand account reveals similar stories as to those in the page and it seems very unlikely that the stories are falsified.

Anonymous

Education at Clongowes Wood College
In December 2006 this anon IP user added a link to Clongowes Wood College and this editor does not seem to be adding nonsense but there is no source for this addition. Anyone know if it is true? ww2censor 21:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

New project.
I have just started up WikiProject Colditz to cover articles regarding Colditz Castle and, in particular, it's role as a Prisoner of War camp in WWII. This project aims to cover the castle and all the notable prisoners, such as Michael Sinclair and Pat Reid, who were imprisoned there. Feel free to check it out and if you want to help out, I will be most grateful! -- Qarnos 09:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

A Personal note
Unfortunately as P. R. REID passed away nearly 20 years ago i am unable to pass on my gratitude personally but hope that this message reaches his children or grand children. I read the section of "escape from colditz" that related to my grandfather Cyrill Lewthwaite who unfortunately passed away months before i was born. So i never personally met him and therefore have never known a great deal about, except that he was a war hero that although only fighting in the war for about 2 weeks before being captured managed to do enough to earn and military cross and an MBE. Reading the exstract in the book that related to him gave me a tiny glimpse into my grandfathers life and a great deal of joy to read. So thank you i hope this reaches some one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.107.97 (talk) 20:02, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * hi- this is incredible late, but patrick reid was my great, great uncle. i never met him, and know very little about him, but in case you wanted to know, someone has read your message, and i’m very happy his book helped you to connect with your family. 2A00:23C8:5083:A901:2010:6622:CC1E:D897 (talk) 04:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Name of article
Is it correct to name this article "Pat Reid"? He is known mainly as "Patrick Reid" or sometimes "P.R. Reid." While referred to as "Pat" informally in accounts of the era, I don't think this is quite right. I'd like to initiate a name change but would like to first see if there is any objection. --Stetsonharry (talk) 16:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Leftenant
he was in the British army and as such his rank would have been leftenant —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.209.235 (talk) 18:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

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