Born Middlesborough, on 01/10/1892. Second son of Mr John Reed (1859-1936), of 50 St James Road, Carlisle and Mrs helena Beatrice Collingwood, of Middlesborough. he had one brother, John Collingwood and one sister, Dorothy M. Reed. His grandfather, was the late, George Collingwood, of former Lord Mayor and Alderman of Middlesborough..
Walter Nelson Reed was on the engineering staff at the North Eastern Railways, in Hull. He was an old Middlesbrough High school Boy and educated at Manchester University with a B.Sc degree, in Engineering. Shortly after the outbreak of war, he received a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Lieutenant Reed went to France in 1915. He served with the Royal Garrison Artillery, 10th Siege Bty., and was awarded the Military Cross. He was killed in action, six weeks later, before he received the decoration, on 27/10/1916. He left £324 in his will, to his father John, who was an accountant.
His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 02/11/1916.
