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| - The Reid family had long ties back throughout the history of Britain. At one point, the Sussex-based family had been leading nobility, with Lord Reid controlling a large portion of Sussex. Unfortunately, as the centuries went on, the family had less and less influence over the land. By 1917, the title of Lord had slipped away from the family; however they still held influence on Sussex, with a large estate near the town of Battle, in East Sussex. The “lord of the manor” was Brigadier Anthony Reid, an ex-army officer, who finished his career as the Executive Officer of the Sixth Infantry Division before retiring in 1918.
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| - The Reid family had long ties back throughout the history of Britain. At one point, the Sussex-based family had been leading nobility, with Lord Reid controlling a large portion of Sussex. Unfortunately, as the centuries went on, the family had less and less influence over the land. By 1917, the title of Lord had slipped away from the family; however they still held influence on Sussex, with a large estate near the town of Battle, in East Sussex. The “lord of the manor” was Brigadier Anthony Reid, an ex-army officer, who finished his career as the Executive Officer of the Sixth Infantry Division before retiring in 1918. The Brigadier had two sons, the eldest Thomas Reid, soon left the family tree, dying quite suddenly in an automobile accident not long after his 1895 birth. The second son, Edward, only a year the junior of Thomas found himself pressured by his father throughout his youth. Eventually, he took a position in the parliament, sitting with the Conservative party. Whilst in London with his work, he became involved with a young woman of no particular background, Miss Jennifer Scott. In 1912, they celebrated with the birth of a son, Thomas named for his late uncle, and in 1917 William. It was decided that Jennifer and the two sons would live full-time with their Grandfather in Battle, while Edward would live in London whilst parliament was in session and on the estate when it wasn’t. William looked up to Thomas, the brother just under five years his elder was a constant source of entertainment as the two boys grew. Their Grandfather had a firm belief that both of the young boys would avoid the “wishy-washy” path of their father, and take the proper jobs of nobility – officers in the British army. As such, he deliberately left the manor an environment to stimulate their young minds and mould them. Walls were decorated with rifles of various eras, and paintings of battles, showing the British Empire triumphing over native forces as it spread civilisation to the corners of the world. The Brigadier always wore an old army uniform, kept in pristine condition and an Enfield Mk II revolver taking pride of place on his hip. He encouraged the boys, telling them of brilliant stories with his time in the army, visiting exotic places, amazing experiences, and altogether turning them off of the prospect of a career in politics. The two boys were initially home-schooled by a private tutor, but upon the boys turning thirteen they were sent away to Eton. William was a pupil of King Henry house. At the school, they were taught all of the subject’s appropriate, religion, arts, Latin and history. Religion and sports were deemed as the most important of all, though, being drilled into the pupils from day one.
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