Category:William Tennant (Royal Navy officer)

**William Tennant**
	Royal Navy admiral (1890-1963)
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Date of birth	2 January 1890; Upton-upon-Severn
Date of death	26 July 1963; Worcester
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, –1927);
Occupation	military officer;
Position held	Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire;
Award received	Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Legionnaire of Legion of Merit; Officer of the Legion of Honour;
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English: Admiral Sir William George "Bill" Tennant KCB CBE MVO DL (2 January 1890 – 26 July 1963) was a British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, when it searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic.

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Bust of Admiral Sir William Tennant, Upton-upon-Severn (3 F)

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Aboard HMS Mauritius, July 1942. A13453A.jpg 800 × 612; 52 KB
Allied Naval C in C in Normandy. 24 July 1944, Arromanches. the Visit of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Kcb, Kbe, Mvo, Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force, To Mulberry 'b', at Arromanches. A24857.jpg 2,468 × 1,748; 979 KB
Britain's Great Engineering Feat; Prefabricated Ports (mulberry). 6 To 8 June, on Board the Paddle Steamer HMS Aristocrat during the Passage Across the Channel and Arrival at Arromanches Where the Mulberry Adva A24071.jpg 2,306 × 1,748; 824 KB
Britain's Great Engineering Feat; Prefabricated Ports (mulberry). 6 To 8 June, on Board the Paddle Steamer HMS Aristocrat during the Passage Across the Channel and Arrival at Arromanches Where the Mulberry Advance Port a A24071.jpg 800 × 611; 53 KB
King Farouk I on Board HMS Hunter January 1945.jpg 1,024 × 735; 119 KB
Rear Admiral Tennant and staff. 29 MAY 1944, Allied Combined Naval Expeditionery Force HQ IWM 23718.jpg 800 × 651; 103 KB
Vice Admiral Tennant 1945 IWM A 29072.jpg 632 × 800; 46 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A10072.jpg 2,372 × 1,772; 931 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A26962.jpg 800 × 600; 40 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A28841.jpg 800 × 599; 75 KB

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