About Peter Reid
Lived 1903 – 1973 (aged 70). Peter Reid was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir John Peter Lorne Reid GCB CVO (10 January 1903 – 26 September 1973) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.
Naval career Reid was born in London on 10 January 1903, the son of Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet (1849–1923) and his wife Honourable Susan Baring (1870–1961), daughter of the banker Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke.
He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1916. He served in World War II in operations off Norway and then off Algeria before taking part in the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941. and in retirement was a Member of the Livingston New Town Corporation.
He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 16 July 1953 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1957 New Year Honours. He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1961 Birthday Honours.
Family In 1933 he married Jean Dundas (1909–1971); they had one son and one daughter.
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British Royal Navy officer (1903-1973)
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Peter Reid was born on 10 January 1903.
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Peter Reid died on 26 September 1973.
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Peter Reid was a naval officer.
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