Reid-Daly, who was born in Salisbury, then capital of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, entered military service in 1951, and served with the all-Rhodesian C Squadron of the 22 Special Air Service in counter-insurgency operations in the Federation of Malaya. He became a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1963.
Reid-Daly, born in Salisbury, the administrative center of British Southern Rhodesia, entered the armed forces in 1951 and participated in counter-insurgency campaigns with the C Squadron of the 22 Special Air Service in Malaya. He was honored with a prestigious award in 1963.