Royal Navy Admiral; commanded the Dunkirk evacuation (1883–1945)
Sir Bertram Ramsay
Portrait of Admiral Ramsay
Birth name
Bertram Home Ramsay
Born
(1883-01-20)20 January 1883 London, England
Died
2 January 1945(1945-01-02) (aged 61) Toussus-le-Noble, France
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1898–1945
Rank
Admiral
Battles/wars
First World War
Second Ostend Raid
Zeebrugge Raid
Second World War
Operation Dynamo
Operation Fuller
Operation Torch
Operation Husky
Operation Neptune
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Royal Victorian Order Mention in Despatches (two) Légion d'honneur (France) Legion of Merit (United States) Order of Ushakov (USSR)
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (20 January 1883 – 2 January 1945) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded the destroyer HMS Broke during the First World War. In the Second World War, he was responsible for the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and planning and commanding the naval forces in the invasion of France in 1944.
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (20 January 1883 – 2 January 1945) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded the destroyer HMS Broke during...
the evacuation of the BEF. This planning was headed by Vice Admiral BertramRamsay at the naval headquarters below Dover Castle, from which he briefed...
masterpiece of planning". In overall command was British Admiral Sir BertramRamsay, who had served as Flag officer at Dover during the Dunkirk evacuation...
advance towards the River Seine. The invasion fleet, led by Admiral Sir BertramRamsay, was split into the Western Naval Task Force (under Admiral Alan G Kirk)...
military command centre and underground hospital. In May 1940, Admiral Sir BertramRamsay directed the evacuation of French and British soldiers from Dunkirk...
London Left to right: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, Admiral Sir BertramRamsay, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower,...
The senior commanders were General Bernard Montgomery, Admiral Sir BertramRamsay and Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, plus Eisenhower's deputy...
announced plans to build a museum at the family home of Vice-Admiral Bertram Home Ramsay, who masterminded Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk. "A...
formed from the British Mediterranean Fleet and was commanded by Admiral BertramRamsay. The Western Naval Task Force was formed around the U.S. Eighth Fleet...
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near Portsmouth, where Montgomery's 21st Army Group and Admiral Sir BertramRamsay's Allied Naval Expeditionary Force headquarters were located. Ground...
operations against the ships in Brest should they sortie. Vice-Admiral BertramRamsay of the Dover Command was to be responsible for operations to confront...
minimal influence in the government since the death of former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Churchill made the closing speech in the Norway Debate and mounted...
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preponderance of naval forces were British, the Royal Navy named Vice Admiral BertramRamsay as the overall Allied naval commander under Eisenhower. The climax of...
Swordfish crews was noted by commanders on both sides. British Vice-Admiral BertramRamsay wrote "In my opinion the gallant sortie of these six Swordfish aircraft...
to the Allies. On 5 September, SHAEF's naval commander, Admiral Sir BertramRamsay, had urged Montgomery to make clearing the mouth of the Scheldt his...
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