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 name	John Peter Lorne Reid
Born	10 January 1903
Died	26 September 1973 (aged 70)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1916 – 1961
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Dido HMS Cleopatra
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Naval career

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]

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