A Ceylon Colony, Shanghai-born 'Tea Planter's' Great War medal group of 3: Second Lieutenant Robert Mowat Reid, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Regiment of Artillery

- British War Medal (2. Lieut R. M. Reid)
- Interallied Victory Medal (2. Lieut R. M. Reid)
- Ceylon Voluntary Overseas Service Medal 1914-1919 (R.M. Reid)

Medals Verification: The recipients entitlement to the Great War BWM and Interallied Victory Medal is confirmed per the respective campaign medal rolls of the Royal Field Artillery of the Royal Regiment of Artillery cited below. Government of Ceylon Medal Rolls are not in the public domain, but was an automatic award to all residents of Ceylon Colony who served overseas 1914-1919

- British War Medal: WO 329/2161
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/2161
- Ceylon Voluntary Overseas Service Medal 1914-19: An automatic award for overseas service

Lieutenant Reid's extant Medal Index Card for his Great War British War & Interallied Victory medals show that he only applied for them on 10 September 1927, and that they were sent to him on 14 October 1927, to his Ceylon Colony forwarding address shown below:

Mulhalkelle Group
Halgranoya
Ceylon

Robert Mowat Reid, eldest son of Duncan James Reid (a Medical Doctor born in Aberdeen, Scotland) & Edith Emily Reid (nee Phillips, who was born in Amoy, China) was born in Shanghai, China on, 30 July 1891. At the time of the 1911 National Census for England & Wales, Robert was recorded as a Medical Student living with his parents in Ealing, Brentford, Essex, England. In 1912, Robert accepted an appointment to become a Tea Planter in Ceylon Colony. During the Great War he was commissioned Second-Lieutenant in 1917, and served overseas from Ceylon, with the Royal Field Artillery of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. After his period of active service he was promoted Lieutenant. He returned to Ceylon Colony post-war and became Estate Superintendent with the Mulhalkelle Group, Halgranoya, Ceylon. Robert Mowat Reid married Alice Mildred Mary Gregory at BristoL, England, on, 3 December 1929 . After their marriage the couple returned to Ceylon. In retirement Robert and his wife lived at, 20 Bathwick Hill, Bristol, and is recorded to have died there on, 15 December 1958. While resident in Ceylon, Robert was a long standing member of the Kandy Club, Ceylon

The officers service papers for Lieutenant Reid are extant and accessible at The National Archives

The 2 x British Medals retaining and fitted with their original long silk moire ribands, as issued

Condition: GVF

Code: 25271