Talk:Patrick Reid

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[edit] 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)