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Admiral Sir William Tennant
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Admiral_Sir_William_Tennant
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardReceived
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate
1890-01-20
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Upton-upon-Severn,_Worcestershire,_England
gptkbp:children
2
gptkbp:commanded
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Repulse
HMS Repulse during the sinking in 1941
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathDate
1963-07-26
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:Bournemouth,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:education
gptkb:Royal_Naval_College,_Dartmouth
gptkb:Royal_Naval_College,_Osborne
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Admiral Sir William Tennant
gptkbp:militaryBranch
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nickname
Dunkirk Joe
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation_(Operation_Dynamo)
gptkbp:occupation
gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:rank
gptkb:Admiral
gptkbp:role
Senior Naval Officer at Dunkirk evacuation
gptkbp:serviceYears
1905–1949
gptkbp:spouse
Violet Evans
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Stubbington_House_School
gptkb:Commander-in-Chief,_North_America_and_West_Indies_Station
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(1939–1945)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7