A confirmed 51st Highland Division 'St Valery' Second World War & Long Service medal group of 3: Private Frederick Reid, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, 51st Highland Division

- The 1939-45 Star
- War Medal
- Military LS&GC. GVI 'Regular Army' (2869498 Pte. F. Reid. Gordons.)

Photograph: The Aberdeen Weekly Journal issue of 17 October 1940 has a captioned identified portrait photograph of Lance Corporal Frederick Reid, in which the soldier is wearing Khaki field service tunic with a Balmoral Bonnet on his head this latter with the 'Bydand' Stag's Head cap badge of the Gordon Highlanders

Frederick Reid, the seventh son of William John Reid (Grieve / Horseman) & Eliza Helen Reid (nee Henry) was a native of, Garmond, Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where he was born on, 29 July 1904. Frederick's parents had 16 x children, comprising 10 x sons & 6 x daughters. When old enough to join the British Army, Frederick enlisted in his local infantry regiment, the Gordon Highlanders, at Aberdeen, Scotland, on, 15 October 1921, at which time he was 17 years of age. At the time of his enlistment, he cited his mother as his notifiable 'Next of Kin', who in 1921, was residing at 'Bogtama', Auchterless, Aberdeenshire. In 1940, his parents are recorded as living at 'Rothievale', Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire

By the time of the 'Battle for France' in 1940, Frederick, had already racked up 19 years service with 'The Colours', and had served extensively in overseas locations in the erstwhile British Empire. In 1940, Frederick, was holding the appointment of 'Lance-Corporal' while serving with 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, with the British Expeditionary Force, under higher formation of the 51st Highland Division (GOC Major-General Victor Fortune). Frederick was captured by the German 'Wehrmacht' sometime at or immediately following the surrender of the 51st Highland Division at St Valery en Caux (which place, on 12 June 1940, was surrendered to General Irwin Rommel, GOC 7th Panzer Division - later to earn fame & respect as 'The Desert Fox', on 12 June 1940. During his years as a Prisoner of War, Frederick was incarcerated at Stalag 0B located at Marienburg, Germany, where between 1940-1945 he held the POW Number 16565. Frederick Reid. survived the war, and shortly after being liberated and repatriated to the United Kingdom, he was discharged to the 'Z' Reserve on 5 October 1945 having completed just a few days short of 24 years service with the Gordon Highlander. After taking his discharge from the British Army, Frederick, returned to his native roots in the North East of Scotland, and is recorded as having died of Pneumonia & Cardiac failure on 7 September 1966, 1966, at which time he was resident at Upper Feithhill, Inverkeithny, Banffshire, Scotland. Frederick was buried in Fyvie Kirkyard, where his parents also lay at rest

Sold together with some hard-copy research including extract pages from the British Army Prisoner of War register 1939-1945

Condition: About EF

Code: 21527