Scunthorpe and Frodingham Star - 19th May 1945
"The award of the Military Cross has been made to Lieut William Grant Reed, eldest son of Mr and Mrs R. H. Reed of 22 High Street, Winterton and formerly of Station Road, Scunthorpe. His parents know nothing yesterday of the official citation but they had received news of the award from Lieut Reed in a letter from Italy in which he mentioned that Field Marshal Alexander had sanctioned it."
"The award of the Military Cross has been made to Lieut William Grant Reed, eldest son of Mr and Mrs R. H. Reed of 22 High Street, Winterton and formerly of Station Road, Scunthorpe. His parents know nothing yesterday of the official citation but they had received news of the award from Lieut Reed in a letter from Italy in which he mentioned that Field Marshal Alexander had sanctioned it."