Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. I ...

Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

Francis Smith Reid

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, RA (1900–1970) was a senior officer in the

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during the Second World War and the following years. He was the second Commander of the Ceylon Army from 1952 to 1955. His other commands included Commander, Ceylon Garrison and UK troops in Ceylon (1949–50), Cyprus District (1950–51) and Cyrenacia District (1951–52). Reid was secretary to the Speaker of the House of Commons."Reid, Sir Francis Smith (1900-1970) Knight Brigadier, Secretary to Speaker of House of Commons"

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. Retrieved 8 January 2015 He lived at

Berden Hall Berden Hall is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan country house in Berden, in the Uttlesford District of Essex, England. The house was built in the 1580s. In 2012 the house was on the market for £3.5 million. History A manor house existed in Berden ...

and is buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas' Church,

Berden Berden is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. Berden village is approximately north from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. Berden parish, with its own parish council, is in the d ...

, Essex.

Berden St Nicholas churchyard 09 Brigadier Sir Francis Reid of Berden Hall

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Former Army commanders
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Francis 1900 births 1970 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British Army personnel of World War II Sri Lankan brigadiers People from Bearsden Royal Artillery officers Commanders of the Sri Lanka Army