Bertram Ramsay

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Bertram Ramsay was a British admiral who played a key role in planning and directing major Allied naval operations during World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation and the D-Day landings.

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Bertram Ramsay canonical 7
Ramsay 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military personnel of World War II
Royal Navy officer
admiral
human
awardReceived Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Croix de Guerre
surface form: Croix de guerre

Distinguished Service Order
Knight or Dame Commander
surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Legion of Merit
burialPlace Brussels Town Cemetery
causeOfDeath air crash
conflict World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1883-01-20
dateOfDeath 1945-01-02
educatedAt Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth
surface form: Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
employer Royal Navy
familyName Bertram Ramsay self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ramsay
givenName Bertram
hasOccupation naval officer
hasRole naval commander in the European theatre of World War II
memberOf Royal Navy
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryRank Admiral
nativeLanguage English
notableWork planning and direction of the naval component of the Normandy landings
planning and execution of the Dunkirk evacuation
participantIn Allied invasion of Sicily
Operation Dynamo
surface form: Dunkirk evacuation

D-Day
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Dynamo
Operation Neptune
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath near Brussels
positionHeld Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force
Flag Officer, Dover
residence United Kingdom
serviceEnd 1945
serviceStart 1898
sexOrGender male

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Bertram Ramsay familyName Bertram Ramsay self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ramsay
Operation Overlord commander Bertram Ramsay
Allan Ramsay familyName Bertram Ramsay
this entity surface form: Ramsay
Overlord commander Bertram Ramsay
subject surface form: Operation Overlord
David Ramsay father Bertram Ramsay
Charles Ramsay father Bertram Ramsay
Helen Menzies spouse Bertram Ramsay