Reeson, Dennis Owston, son of Joseph Newell Reeson, C.E., of Beckton, Essex and Louisa Mary; b. Nov. 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (G); left Dec. 1913; m. July 29, 1922, Elfrida Cutts, daughter of F. W. Poolman, of Melbourne, Australia; d. Nov. 19, 1928.

Reed, William John, brother of Richard Gordon Reed (qv); b. 22 Jan. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left Apr. 1944; 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1946, Lieut. (perm. commission) Nov. 1947, Capt. Jan. 1953, psc 1957, Maj. Jan. 1960, Lieut. -Col. June 1967, Col. June 1971, Brig. Dec. 1977, retd. Sept. 1980; founder and dir. Aldershot Military Historical Trust and Museum; m. 22 Dec. 1953 Enid Patricia, d. of Brig. Richard Hennis Olpherts Coryton CBE; d. 9 Feb. 1992.

Reed, Roland William, son of the Rev. William Reed, Rector of Clifton Campville, Staffs, by Clothilde Josephine, daughter of J.J. Roland, of Secy-en-Varais, Besançon, Franche Comté, France; b. June 12, 1886; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1910 M.A. 1912; ordained 1910; Curate of St. Mary's, Dover, Kent, 1910-3, of Clifton Campville 1913-5; Rector of Clifton Campville 1915; temp. C.F. July 5, 1918; m. May 17, 1916, Claudia Mary, daughter of Major-Gen. Francis Harwood Poore, R.M.A.; d. Sept. 6, 1940.

Reed, Roland Anthony, brother of Richard Gordon Reed (qv); b. 29 Dec. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left Dec. 1938; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. Roy. Tank: Regt May 1940, Lieut. Nov. 1941; killed in action (Libya) 31 Dec. 1941.

Roland Anthony Reed was born at Clifton Campville, Staffordshire on the 29th of December 1920 the second son of the Reverend Roland William Reed and Claudia Mary (nee Poore) Reed of The Rectory, Clifton near Tamworth in Staffordshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1934 to December 1938. He entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1939 before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment on the 11th May 1940. He was posted to the 8th Royal Tank Regiment and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 11th of November 1941.
On the 30th of December 1941, the 8th Royal Tank Regiment was in camp at Bir Bu Tabel when they received orders at 6pm to make an attack on Bardia Fortress the following morning in support of the 3rd South African Infantry Brigade. A, B and C Squadrons left camp a short time later in three columns and arrived at their assembly point at 8.45pm that night.
The supporting artillery barrage began at 4.15am on the morning of the 31st of December 1941 with C Squadron arriving at the forward assembly area at 5.15am. Their tanks began moving forward though gaps in the minefields, which had been cleared by the Royal Engineers, at 6.30am. A short time later they received a message from B Squadron reporting that the infantry were being held up by enemy machine guns and were requesting assistance. Two tanks, those of Richard Reed and Major Peter Norman Veale, went forward to attack the enemy positions but when they arrived there the enemy appeared to have withdrawn and they returned to rejoin the Squadron. At 9am, it was reported that two of the three main enemy strong points had been silenced but that a third was still active and the infantry could not locate its exact position. A soon as Richard Reed’s tank went forward to assist it received a direct hit from the enemy strong point and caught fire. The tank commanded by Sergeant Barrett met the same fate immediately afterwards. Sergeant Barrett ran across to Richard Reed’s burning tank and managed to rescue the driver and the radio operator before making for cover. The rest of the crew perished. The enemy gun position was knocked out by Peter Veale a few minutes later. With no infantry support available from the South Africans, the rest of C Squadron withdrew.
The Regiment’s objectives were taken by noon but an enemy counterattack began at 12.40pm, which was driven off by 5pm after heavy fighting. The surviving tanks from the Regiment withdrew for the night at 11.30pm.
He is buried at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Joint Grave 3 E 9.

Reed, Richard Gordon, son of Roland William Reed (qv); b. 28 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (G); left July 1936; 2nd Lieut. North Stafford Regt (TA) July 1937, Lieut. Jan. 1939, Capt. July 1945, despatches (Burma) Dec. 1943, TD Apr. 1951; Lieut. North Staffora Regt (perm. commission) Nov. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. Sept. 1952; retd Aug. 1968; asst sec. REME Corps Secretariat 1968-70; Adj. Longmoor and Bordon Garrison 1970-81; m. 2 Dec. 1941 Margaret Stewart, d. of Alexander Stewart Macmillan MB, of Camberley, Surrey; d. 16 Apr. 1984.

Reed, Michael, son of Harry Leslie Reed, Roy. Coll. Colombo, Sri Lanka, sometime asst. master at the Sch.; b. 4 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1930; a hotelier; m. 1943 Gladys Eva, d. of James Hart of Muswell Hill.

Reed, Charles Gordon, brother of Roland William Reed (q.v.); b. Feb. 7, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); left July 1908; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; scholar; B.A. 1911; served in France in Great War I; temp. Capt. 11th Batt. K.R.R.C. Sept. 2, 1916; wounded Sept. 1918; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; for many years an asst. master at Wixenford School, Wokingham, Berks., and later joint Head Master with Geoffrey George Fenner Greig (q.v.); d. Feb. 6, 1955.

REECE, JOSEPH FREDERICK, third son of Richard Marsden Reece, Furnival’s Inn, London, attorney, and Caroline, third dau. of William Henry Smith, London, and Bournemouth, Hampshire, founder of W. H. Smith & Son, newsagents; b. 12 Jul 1853; adm. 21 Jun 1867 (G); QS 1868; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1872, matr. 23 May 1872; BA 1877; adm. solicitor Sep 1880; practised at Westgate on Sea, Kent; m. 4 Feb 1893 Jessie Ida, elder dau. of Joseph Alfred Dare, London, “merchant’s clerk” (1881 Census); d. 29 Apr 1931.

Redgrave, Corin William, son of Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave Kt. CBE, actor, and Rachel Kempson, actress, d. of Eric William Edward Kempson MC, HM RNC Dartmouth; b. 16 July 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (G); left July 1957; King’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1958, BA 1961 (1st class hons English Trip. pt II); a theatre and film actor; debut Roy. Court Theatre as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1962; New York, USA debut in Chips with Everything 1963; films include A Man for All Seasons 1966, Oh What a Lovely War 1969 and In the Name of the Father 1993; a prominent member of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party and the Marxist Party from 1970s onwards; contested (WRP) Lambeth Central Apr 1978, 1979, Tooting 1983; numerous stage appearences, incl at the National Theatre and with the Roy. Shakespeare Co.; writer of Blunt Speaking, performed in 2002; m. 1st, 29 July 1962 (div. 1975) Deirdre Deline Hamilton Hill; 2nd, 5 Oct. 1985 Erika Sarah Louise (Kika) Markham, actress; d. 6 Apr. 2010.

Rea, Philip Russell, 2nd Baron Rea of Eskdale, eldest son of Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea, of Eskdale, Bt., by Evelyn, daughter of John James Muirhead, J.P., of Edinburgh; b. Feb. 7, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left with an exhibition to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1918, matric. Lent 1919; M.A.; prospective party candidate (Lib.) for Darwen, Lancs., 1937-43; succ. as 2nd Baron May 26, 1948; chairman of Rea Brothers Ltd., Merchant Bankers; company director and underwriter at Lloyds; Chief Liberal Whip, House of Lords, 1954; Deputy Speaker and Deputy Lord Chairman of Committees, House of Lords, 1954; President of the Liberal Party 1955-6; Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords 1955; leader of the Parliamentary delegation to Burma and Indonesia 1957; member of the Parliamentary delegations to Hongkong and Ceylon 1958, and to the U.S.A. 1959; U.K. delegate to the Council of Europe at Strasbourg 1960; member of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee 1962; Privy Councillor 1962; served in Grenadier Guards 1918-9; 2nd Lieut. K.R.R.C. July 11, 1940; attached Special Operations Executive and as Personal Staff Officer to G.O.C. in C. Special Forces 1941-5, serving in the U.K., Africa, France, Greece, Sicily, Italy and Belgium; Lieut. Col.; Col. 1945; served in Foreign Office 1945-50; O.B.E. June 30, 1946; mentioned in despatches 1943; Officer of the Legion of Honour and of the Crown of Belgium; Croix de Guerre with Palms; a vice-president of the Elizabethan Club 1954; president 1962; vice­ president Grantite Club; member of Westminster School Governing Body; m. April 7, 1922, Lorna Mitchell, youngest daughter of Lewis O. Smith, of Glasgow; d. 22 Apr. 1981.