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Sir Bertram Ramsay
Portrait of Admiral Ramsay
Birth nameBertram Home Ramsay
Born(1883-01-20)20 January 1883
London, England
Died2 January 1945(1945-01-02) (aged 61)
Toussus-le-Noble, France
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1898–1945
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsFirst World War
  • Second Ostend Raid
  • Zeebrugge Raid

Second World War

  • Operation Dynamo
  • Operation Fuller
  • Operation Torch
  • Operation Husky
  • Operation Neptune
AwardsKnight 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.

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