Pat Reid

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Patrick Robert Reid, MBE, MC (13 November 1910 - 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and noted non-fiction and historical author. Reid was educated at Clongowes Wood College and Wimbledon College, and graduated from King's College London with a BSc in 1932. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps (Supplementary Reserve) in 1935 and promoted Lieutenant in 1938. A British Prisoner of War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle. One of the 'Laufen Six', Reid arrived at Colditz in November 1940. Reid was one of the lucky few to escape successfully, although he did not return to England until after the war. He ended the war as a Captain. Reid died on May 22, 1990 aged 79.

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