Colditz : Pat Reid's escape

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My visit to Coldtiz castle took place on 7 November 2010, the following week would have been Pat's 100th birthday. This film shows the route of his escape - and is similar to that shown in the fictional Colditz series shown on the BBC from 1972 - 4.
Patrick Robert Reid, MBE, MC (13 November 1910 -- 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and historical author of non-fiction.
Reid was educated at Clongowes Wood College and Wimbledon College, and graduated from King's College London with a BSc in 1932. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps (Supplementary Reserve) in 1935 and promoted Lieutenant in 1938.
A British Prisoner of War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. One of the 'Laufen Six', Reid arrived at Colditz in November 1940. Reid was initially the escape officer but he gave this up in order to escape himself on 14 October 1942. He ended the war as a Captain. Reid died on May 22, 1990 aged 79.

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