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Major General Tom Gordon Rennie

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Major General Tom Gordon Rennie Veteran

Birth
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Death
24 Mar 1945 (aged 45)
Germany
Burial
Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
61. D. 1.
Memorial ID
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Military Service

Regiment & Unit/Ship: General Staff, Cdg. 51st (Highland) Div. Secondary Unit, Regiment and Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Age 45 years old

Major General.

Awards:

Companion of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Member of the Order of the British Empire.


Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie CB DSO MBE was a British Army officer who commanded the 3rd Infantry Division and later the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during World War II and was later killed in action during Operation Plunder, the crossing of the River Rhine in March 1945.

Military Service

Regiment & Unit/Ship: General Staff, Cdg. 51st (Highland) Div. Secondary Unit, Regiment and Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Age 45 years old

Major General.

Awards:

Companion of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Member of the Order of the British Empire.


Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie CB DSO MBE was a British Army officer who commanded the 3rd Infantry Division and later the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during World War II and was later killed in action during Operation Plunder, the crossing of the River Rhine in March 1945.


Inscription

MAJOR GENERAL
T.G.RENNIE
C.B., D.S.O., M.B.E.
THE BLACK WATCH
24TH MARCH 1945



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  • Maintained by: GariochGraver
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56037687/tom_gordon-rennie: accessed ), memorial page for Major General Tom Gordon Rennie (3 Jan 1900–24 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56037687, citing Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Maintained by GariochGraver (contributor 47469430).