Alec Reid (aviator)

Alec Stratford Cunningham Reid
Born	1895 Wayland, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Died	26 March 1977 Valbonne, France
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army Royal Air Force
Rank	Captain
Unit	Royal Engineers No. 85 Squadron RAF
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross
Other work	Member of Parliament

Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid DFC (1895 – 26 March 1977), known in his early life as Alec Stratford Reid, was a British First World War flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. After the war, he entered politics as a Conservative, serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) for periods between 1922 and 1945.

Cunningham-Reid was born in Wayland, Norfolk, the son of the Reverend Arthur Morse Reid and his wife Agnes Celina Flower (1861–1941), a sister of Archibald Dennis Flower.

He joined the Royal Engineers during the First World War and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. In August 1918, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the citation reading:

At the 1922 general election, Cunningham-Reid stood as the conservative candidate in Warrington, a Conservative-held borough constituency in Lancashire where the sitting member Sir Harold Smith was retiring. He won the seat with a comfortable majority in a two-way contest with the Labour Party candidate. However, at the next general election, in 1923, the addition of a Liberal Party candidate saw him lose to Labour's Charles Dukes.

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