Peter Reid (Royal Navy 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.

Sir Peter Reid
Birth nameJohn Peter Lorne Reid
Born10 January 1903 (1903-01-10)
Died26 September 1973 (1973-09-27) (aged 70)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1916 – 1961
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Dido
HMS Cleopatra
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Reid joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1916.[1] 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.[1] He was Chief Signal Officer to Field Marshal Lord Wavell during defence of the East Indies in 1941 and then served on the staff of Sir James Somerville, Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet, in 1942 before becoming Deputy Director of the Signals Division in 1943.[1]

After the War he commanded HMS Dido and then HMS Cleopatra.[1] He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1951 and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1954.[1] His last appointment was as Controller of the Navy in 1956 before he retired in 1961.[1]

He lived in Bolton in East Lothian[2] and in retirement was a Member of the Livingston New Town Corporation.[3]

Family

In 1933 he married Jean Dundas; they had one son and one daughter.[4]

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References
  1. Sir Peter Reid Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. Scotland's Places
  3. New Town Corporations Hansard, 1 May 1962
  4. Admiral Sir John Peter Lorne Reid The Peerage
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Ralph Edwards		 Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy
1956–1961		 Succeeded by
Sir Michael Le Fanu
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir John Edelsten		 Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1962–1966		 Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Bingley
Preceded by
Sir John Edelsten		 Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1966–1973		 Succeeded by
Sir Deric Holland-Martin
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