Roll of Honour

Surgeon

Thomas Kane

Thomas Kane was born in Glasgow and graduated MB, ChB from the University in 1939. During the war he served in the Merchant Navy as a surgeon.

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

Kane was killed on 19 October 1940 when his ship, SS Sulaco, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat while sailing in a convoy in the Atlantic.