William Reid
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Biographical Notes
Reid, Wm. Production Director, Scottish Divisional Coal Board. Formerly Director and General Works Manager to the Fife Coal Co. Ltd. Temporary Address: 1, Eglinton Crescent, Edinburgh, 12.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Reid, Wm., B.Sc., Ph.D. Deputy Chairman, Scottish Divisional Coal Board. Formerly Director and General Works Manager to the Fife Coal Co., Ltd. Address: 1, Eglinton Crescent, Edinburgh, 12.
Source: 1950 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Reid, Wm., B.Sc., Ph.D. Production Member of the National Coal Board, 1955, previously Chairman, Scottish Divisional Coal Board. Born at Donibristle in Fife and educated at Dunfermline High School, Dollar Academy and Edinburgh University. Formerly Director and General Works Manager to the Fife Coal Co., Ltd. President of the Mining Institute of Scotland and Member of the Council of the Institution of Mining Engineers. Address: Hobart House, Grosvenor Place, S.W.1.
Source: 1955 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Reid, Wm., B.Sc., Ph.D. Chairman, Durham Division, National Coal Board, previously was Production Member of the National Coal Board. In 1952, was Chairman, Scottish Divisional Coal Board. Born at Donibristle in Fife and educated at Dunfermline High School, Dollar Academy and Edinburgh University. Formerly Director and General Works Manager to the Fife Coal Co., Ltd. Past-President of the Mining Institute of Scotland and Member of the Council of the Institution of Mining Engineers. Address: Milburn House, Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1.
Source: 1960 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1955 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1960 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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