Captain Patrick Reid whose family were from Grange
near Tullow CoCarlow, Ireland was one of the few people to escape from
Colditz Castle during World War II.
Colditz Castle is located in the state of Saxony
in Germany. It was used as prisoner-of-war camp by the Nazi’s during the
war. Patrick Robert Reid was born in November 1910 in Ranchi the capital
of the state of Jharkhand in north eastern India.
His father John Reid was from Grange near
Tullow, Co Carlow. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College Co Kildare,
Ireland and graduated from King’s College London in 1932. He later
trained as a civil engineer.
Read more about Patrick Reid at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Reid
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