Guy Patrick Spence Reid, the son of Thomas Miller and Lisette (Livings) Reid, of Puerto Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Islands, transferred from the Seaforth Highlanders to the Royal Flying Corps and was posted to 20 Squadron in 1916. An F.E.2b pilot, he scored 5 victories with his observers and was awarded the Military Cross in September 1916.
Military Cross (MC)
2nd Lt. Guy Patrick Spence Reid, Sea. Highrs. and R.F.C.
For conspicuous skill and gallantry on many occasions. Capt. Dixon-Spain, with 2nd Lt. Reid as pilot, attacked and drove back a hostile machine. A few minutes later four hostile machines were seen, three of which were attacked one after another and driven back, the fourth being accounted for by another patrol. Another time they attacked two hostile machines, shot down one and drove the other back. Two days later they attacked two more machines, of which one is believed to have been destroyed, the other being pursued back to its aerodrome.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 September 1916, 9429
