REID, MAX

Max Reid joined the Navy as a gunner in 1942 also, and made the navy his career.  “Capt,  Reid RCN (retired) was born in April 1925 in Hastings County. He lived in Ardbeg from 1930-1938 when the family moved to North Bay. In 1943 he joined the navy and stayed until 1974.  He served in four armed merchant ships during the war and ten naval combatants after the war, including command of a frigate and destroyer.”

Flight Sergeant Ken Reid, R.C.A.F.1939-1945