Patrick Reid (athlete)
Patrick Reid may refer to: * Patrick Reid (Medal of Honor) (1875–?), United States sailor * T. Patrick Reid (born 1943), Canadian politician *Pat Reid Patrick Robert Reid, (13 November 1910 – 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and author of history. As a British prisoner of war during the Second World War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. Reid wa ... (1910–1990), World War II British escape officer; postwar attaché, civil engineer and author * Pat Reid (Canadian football), Canadian football player * Paddy Reid (1924–2016), Irish dual code rugby player {{hndis, Reid, Paddy ...
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Patrick Reid (Medal Of Honor)
Patrick Reid (June 17, 1875 – October 23, 1924) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography Reid was born on June 17, 1875, in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the U.S. Navy from New York (state), New York in 1895 and by September 8, 1910, was serving as a Chief Petty Officer, chief watertender on the . On that day, while the ''North Dakota'' was conducting tests using oil as fuel, an explosion occurred, killing three sailors and endangering the ship. In the engine room, pieces of hot coal and Coke (fuel), coke floated in waist-high hot water, oil was aflame above one of the boilers, and the entire room was filled with smoke, steam, and fumes. Despite these dangers, Reid and five other men of the ship's engineering department entered the engine room to haul the boiler fires and perform other tasks necessary to prevent a boiler explosion. After ensuring the safety of the ship, they then searched for and ...
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