In Memory Of

TENNANT, RITCHIE

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1913-09-11
Service No:
 102745
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-03-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Douglas Boston Mk III AL800, shot down over Mertuba East by German flak
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 6. A. 11.
Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Son of Sydney Dennison and Margaret Grace (Daisy) Tennant, of Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa. Husband of Winifred B. Tennant, of Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Ermelo. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. His brother also died in service.