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Rennie, Tom Gordon

Date of birth:
January 3rd, 1900 (Fuzhou, China)
Date of death:
March 24th, 1945 (near Rees/Rhine Province, Germany)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Reichswald Forest
Plot: 61. Row: D. Grave: 1.
Nationality:
British

Biography

After the Rhine crossing in the night of 23 to 24 March 1945 (Operation Plunder), Major-General Tom Gordon Rennie was killed by a mortar bomb during the fighting for the village of Rees on 24 March 1945.

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Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1938

Officer 3rd Grade
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
Headquarters, 154th Infantry Brigade, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, British Army
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1943
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Unit:
Headquarters, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, British Army
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1944
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

War Diary mentions

24 March 1944 WO 171/1397 - 2 East Yorkshire Regiment
Visits. Maj.Gen. T.G. Rennie D.S.O. M.B.E. visited the bn and addressed all ranks.

23 May 1944 WO 171/1397 - 2 East Yorkshire Regiment
Lt Col C.F. Hutchinson presented Bn plan to Major Gen T.G. Rennie DSO. MC. Comd 3 British Inf Div.

10 June 1944 WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
The Battalion took over the forward positions at BIEVILLE from 2 KSLI during the day and night. Intermittent shelling during the day and patrol activity at night. A few casualties. The Div Comd Maj-Gen TG Rennie – DSO, MBE – visited theBattalion during the day.

Sources

  • Photo 1: IWM
  • Photo 2: Jeroen Koppes
  • - Smart, N., Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2005
    - Mead, R., Churchill’s Lions – A Biographical Guide to the Key British Generals of World War II, Spellmount Publishers Ltd., Chalford, England, 2007
    - Delaforce, P., Monty’s Highlanders – 51st Highland Division in the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2007
    - unithistories.com
    - The Edinburgh Gazette - 14 June 1938

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