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Name William Reid No.
VC Issue No. 1251 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 61 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Acting Flight Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Acting Flight Lieutenant
Place Of Birth 43 Main Street, Baillieston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place Of Death
Buried/Location Ashes St Andrews and St Michaels Churchyard, Ford Road, Tayside, Scotland
Cremated Perth Crematorium
Date Buried/Cremated 3 December 2001
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section H, Grave 63
Gazetted 14 December 1943
VC Presented 11 June 1944, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Andrews and St Michaels Churchyard, Ford Road, Tayside, Scotland
P Named on Victoria Cross Archway, New Hamilton Square, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Named on RAF VC Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
By The Way…
On a bombing mission after his VC action, his plane was hit by a bomb from another Lancaster above his, wrecking his plane he became a POW until the end of the war
VC Held By
Privatly Held
BORN 21 December 1921
DIED 28 November 2001 AGE 49
VC Won 3 November 1943 AGE 21
Place VC Won Dusseldorf, Germany
War/Campaign Second World War
