Tom Rennie

Tom Rennie

Born	3 January 1900
Died	24 March 1945
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1918–1945
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Commands held	5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 154th Infantry Brigade 3rd Infantry Division 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Member of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie CB DSO MBE (3 January 1900 – 24 March 1945) was a senior 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 Rhine.

Educated at Loretto School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Rennie was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) on 16 July 1919. He saw active service in the Second World War, was taken prisoner at Saint-Valery-en-Caux during the final stages of the Battle of France in June 1940, but then escaped nine days later. He was made Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) in 1942, leading the battalion at the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, and then becoming Commander of the 154th Infantry Brigade and leading that formation for the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943.