During this period he was also at various points seconded to Robert Lorimer, George Washington Browne and James Bow Dunn. After World War I Reid joined with James Smith Forbes and Reginald Fairlie in a competition for local authority housing between Edinburgh and Portobello, now known as Northfield. Little is known of Forbes other than _his_ name is sometimes reversed to James Forbes Smith and that even after the dissolution of their architectural partnership Forbes lodged in Fairlie's house. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: James Forbes Smith <sep>, B: Fairlie