Reid, Alex and Molly Reid: my Army recollections (November 16, 2007)

Interviewer: Hutchison, Sarah Beth

Interviewee: Reid, Alex and Molly Reid

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Reverend.

An interview/narrative of Lieutenant Colonel Reverend Alex and Molly Reid's experiences during the Cold War. Interview took place on November 16, 2007.

ABSTRACT: Interview with Lt.Col. Rev. Alex Reid and Mrs. Molly Reid, 16 November 2007 Alex Reid born in Nova Scotia. Attended Mt Allison University and was ordained a United Church Minister in 1950. Joined the Regular Force in 1955. Molly Reid born in Quebec, uncles in World War I. Alex had several cousins serve in World War II. (143) Wanted to join military to supplement income, started in the Militia. (168) Molly prompts him to join the Regular Force. Molly aware early that she did not want to be an ordinary Minister’s Wife- Forces offer new chances. Posted from Halifax to Victoria with PPCLI at Camp Gordon Head, upon arrival is informed that Camp was newly purchased by the University of Victoria. Served tour in the Congo. Family posted to Europe, Molly involved in interior design for military and civilian clients. 32 houses over course of career. Molly- role as Minister’s wife involves counselling of her own- incidents.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Hutchison, Sarah Beth
• Reid, Alex and Molly Reid

Subject

• United Nations
• Soldiers
• Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
• Military history
• Canada. Canadian Army

Language

• eng

Keyword

• Peace--Moral and ethical aspects
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Chaplains
• Military chaplains' spouses--Role expectation
• Housing--Canada
• Interior decoration
• Families of military personnel--Services for
• Military chaplains--Protestant churches.
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
• War-- Moral and ethical aspects
• Military chaplains' spouses--Etiquette
• Military chaplains' spouses--Counseling
• Military chaplains--Housing
• Canada--Canadian Army--Militia
• Soldiers--Conduct of life
• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Lahr, Germany)
• Canada--Canadian Army--Canadian Officers’ Training Corps
• Canada--Canadian Army--Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
• Conduct of life
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Peace--Religious aspects
• Families of military personnel
• Housing--Europe
• United Nations--Peacekeeping forces
• Cold War--Personal narratives, Canadian
• Armed Forces--Conduct of life
• Canada--Canadian Army--Chaplaincy Service
• Families of military personnel--Housing
• United Nations--Armed Forces
• Canada--Canadian Army
• Etiquette
• War--Religious aspects
• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Soest, Germany)
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Chaplaincy Service
• Reid, Molly--Interviews
• Reid, Alexander G., 1926- --Interviews
• Gordon Head Army Camp (Victoria, B.C.)
• Military chaplains' spouses
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Personal narratives
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Officers
• Military chaplains--Canada
• Soest (Germany)
• Military spouses
• Peacekeeping forces, Canadian

Date created

• November 16, 2007

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording on audio cassette also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• sound recordings
• reminiscences
• interviews
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• RM_745

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• February 18, 2013

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2013. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/rvyn-0108

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