Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Percival Joseph Reid-Sumner and Edith May Brown, Québec City, Québec. Twin brother of Douglas Owen Reid, service number E-30483, Royal Rifles of Canada, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and Japan; he survived the war.
Enlisted with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada – NPAM – he served with the 1st Battalion of that regiment in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 475 days of service, including 57 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Colin Reid
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Photo of Colin Reid
In front of the barracks of the 22nd regiment at Val Cartier (Québec). -
Memorial
Rifleman COLIN REID is one of 30 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman PORTER PRATT was reported Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of COLIN REID
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
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Rifleman Colin Reid
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Colin Reid
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Colin Reid
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Colin Reid
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Colin Reid
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Colin Reid
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Colin Reid
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 42 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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