Phillip Reid was born on December 28, 1886 in Concord, Massachusetts to parents George and Louise Reid. The family moved to Keane, New Hampshire, where Phillip was raised with his siblings, Alice, Campbell, William, Minnie, Frank, Emily and Julia. As a young man, he immigrated to Canada, where he took up farming near Irricana, Alberta. On November 5, 1915, Phillip Reid enlisted with the 39th Battery Canadian Field Artillery. Gunner Reid arrived in England on March 12, 1916, and remained in England until embarking for France on July 13, 1916. He would serve for 27 months on the frontlines with the Lethbridge battery, seeing action at key battles including, the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele and Amiens. By June 1917,...