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Howard Reid
Born	(1897-06-05)5 June 1897 Portage-du-Fort, Quebec
Died	3 May 1962(1962-05-03) (aged 64) Victoria, British Columbia
Allegiance	Canada
Service / branch	Royal Canadian Navy
Years of service	1912–1947
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands	Chief of the Naval Staff Newfoundland Escort Force Atlantic Coast HMC Dockyard Halifax HMCS Naden HMCS Fraser HMCS Skeena
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)

Vice-Admiral Howard Emerson Reid, CB (5 June 1897 – 3 May 1962) was a Royal Canadian Navy officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 28 February 1946 to 1 September 1947.

Career

Early career

Born in Portage-du-Fort, Quebec, Reid was educated at Ashbury College before entering the Royal Naval College of Canada as a Cadet in 1912. He saw action in various British and Canadian ships during the First World War.

He commanded HMS Sepoy on the China Station in 1929. In 1931 he attended the staff course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS Skeena in 1936, of the destroyer HMCS Fraser in 1937 and of the shore establishment HMCS Naden in 1938. He went on to be Commanding Officer of HMC Dockyard Halifax in 1938 and Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast in 1939.

World War II

He served in the Second World War as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff from 1940, as Commodore commanding the Newfoundland Escort Force from 1942 and as Naval Member of the Canadian Joint Staff to Washington, D.C. in 1943.

Chief of the Naval Staff

Following the sudden death of Vice-Admiral George Jones, Reid became Chief of the Naval Staff in 1946. In November 1946, he criticised the government's naval policies, leading to a reprimand from Douglas Abbott, the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services. He stepped down as Chief of the Naval Staff in 1947 and retired the following year.

Honours

Reid was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1944. He was appointed a Commander of the Legion of Merit by the United States in 1946 and a Commander of the Legion of Honour by the French government in 1947.

References

1. ^ Reid, Howard Emerson The Nauticapedia
2. Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders edited by Bernd Horn, Dundurn, 2012, p. 193
3. "No. 36310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 49.
4. "Howard Emerson Reid" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2024.

v t e Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy
Directors of the Naval Service	Charles Kingsmill Walter Hose
Chiefs of the Naval Staff	Walter Hose Percy Nelles George Jones Howard Reid Harold Grant Rollo Mainguy Harry DeWolf Herbert Rayner
Principal Naval Adviser	Kenneth Dyer Ralph Hennessy
Commanders, Maritime Command	William Landymore John O'Brien Henry Porter Robert Timbrell Douglas Boyle Andrew Collier John Allan Andrew Fulton James Wood Charles Thomas Robert George John Anderson Peter Cairns Larry Murray Lynn Mason
Chiefs of the Maritime Staff	Gary Garnett Greg Maddison Ronald Buck Bruce MacLean Drew Robertson Dean McFadden
Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy	Paul Maddison Mark Norman Ron Lloyd Art McDonald Craig Baines Angus Topshee

• 1897 births
• 1962 deaths
• Canadian admirals
• Canadian Companions of the Order of the Bath
• Royal Canadian Navy personnel of World War II
• Commanders of the Legion of Merit
• Commanders of the Legion of Honour
• Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy
• Canadian military personnel from Quebec
• Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Canadian military personnel of World War I