Tom Rennie

Major-General Tom Rennie CB DSO MC

Born	(1900-01-03)3 January 1900 Foochow, China
Died	24 March 1945(1945-03-24) (aged 45) River Rhine, Germany
Buried	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1919–1945
Rank	Major-General
Service number	18139
Unit	Black Watch
Commands	51st (Highland) Infantry Division (1944–45) 3rd Infantry Division (1943–44) 154th Infantry Brigade (1943) 5th Battalion, Black Watch (1941–42)
Conflicts	Second World War French and Low Countries campaign Battle of France (POW) North African campaign Western Desert campaign Second Battle of El Alamein Italian campaign Allied invasion of Sicily Western Allied invasion of France Normandy landings Western Allied invasion of Germany Operation Plunder †
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 British Army officer who served with distinction during the Second World War. He was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3rd Infantry Division during the Normandy landings in June 1944. He was injured on 13 June but recovered quickly and was given command of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, which he led for the rest of the campaign in Western Europe until he was killed in action during Operation Plunder, the Allied crossing of the River Rhine, in March 1945.