Roll of Honour

Surgeon Lieutenant

William Wilson Tennant

Surgeon Lieutenant William Wilson Tennant was born in High Blantyre and graduated MB, ChB from the University in 1940. During the war he served in the Royal Navy aboard the minesweeper HMS Leda.

Memorial chapel at the University of Glasgow
The Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow

Tennant was killed on 20 September 1942 when his ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat in the Barents Sea.