Pat Reid

British Army officer, prisoner of war, author (1910-1990) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

Patrick Robert Reid, was a British Army officer and author of history. As a British prisoner of war during the Second World War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. Reid was one of the few to escape from Colditz, crossing the border into neutral Switzerland in late 1942.

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