Background
Reid was born in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, the son of Thomas Miller Reid and his wife Lisette (née Livings). His father was the British Vice-Consul there.
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Guy Reid
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Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
After passing out from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany"s) regiment on 11 August 1915. Reid was granted Royal Aeronautical Club Aviators" Certificate Number. 1693 on 4 September, after soloing a Maurice Farman biplane at the Military School, Farnborough, and on 21 October he was appointed a flying officer, seconded to the Royal Flying Corps.
Reid was sent to France in January 1916, to serve in Number.
20 Squadron. By 6 September, he had run his score up to five, becoming one of the 44 aces that would serve in Number. 20 Squadron during the war.
He was awarded the on 26 September, and on 30 October he was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain. In December he returned to England to serve as a flying instructor at an Reconstruction Finance Corporation base in Lincolnshire, and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1917.
On 16 October 1917, while instructing Second Lieutenant Cameron of Aberdeen, their aircraft crashed from a height of 900 feet (270 m) and both men were killed.
He was, at the time, engaged to Mission Margaret Sheldon of Chelmsford. He is buried in Newport Cemetery, Lincoln.
Achievements
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Military Cross Second Lieutenant Guy Patrick Spence Reid, Seaforth Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps. "Foreign conspicuous skill and gallantry on many occasions. Captain Dixon-Spain, with 2nd Lieutenant Reid as pilot, attacked and drove back a hostile machine. A few minutes later four hostile machines were seen, three of which were attacked one after another and driven back, the fourth being accounted for by another patrol. Another time they attacked two hostile machines, shot down one and drove the other back. Two days later they attacked two more machines, of which one is believed to have been destroyed, the other being pursued back to its aerodrome.".
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October 16, 1917 (aged 20) -
Nationality
United Kingdom