Alec Cunningham-Reid

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 (1861–1942).

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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