William "Billy" Reid (1 January 1939 – 15 May 1971) was a volunteer and Staff Officer in C Company, Third Battalion of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Reid was responsible for the death of the first British Army soldier killed in The Troubles and was later killed as he attempted another ambush of British Army personnel.
Reid was from Sheridan...
Date of birth:
- 1939
Date of death:
- 1971
