Bertram Ramsay
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO 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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- Born in
- Hampton Court Palace
- Educated at
- Royal College of Defence StudiesColchester Royal Grammar School
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the British Empire🏆 Royal Victorian Order🏆 King George V Coronation Medal🏆 1914–15 Star🏆 Order of the Bath
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1883
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Birth1945
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