Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg. S. T. Reid. R. N.); together with the recipient’s 2nd Cruiser Squadron Medal 1908, 11 clasps, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Ladysmith, Capetown, St Helena, Rio De Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Aires, unnamed as issued, suspension claw tightened on last, good very fine and better (2) £300-£400

Dix Noonan Webb, March 2010.

Sydney Thomas Reid was born on 4 March 1868 and joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon on 15 May 1895. Awarded the Gilbert Blane Medal in 1904 and promoted to Staff Surgeon in February 1905, he was posted to H.M.S. Antrim and served in her during the 2nd Cruiser Squadron’s goodwill cruise around South Africa and South America in 1908. Promoted Fleet Surgeon in October 1911, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and retired in December 1919. He died on 29 July 1939.

The 2nd Cruiser Squadron Medal was struck at the expense of the officers of H.M. Ships Antrim, Caernarvon, Devonshire and Good Hope to commemorate their visit to South Africa and South America.

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