Admiral Bertram Ramsay

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British military officer Royal Navy admiral

Admiral Bertram Ramsay was a senior Royal Navy officer best known for masterminding the Dunkirk evacuation and later serving as the naval commander for the D-Day landings in World War II.

Aliases (2)

Bertram Ramsay ×47
Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military officer → Royal Navy admiral →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Companion of the Order of the Bath → Croix de guerre → Distinguished Service Order → Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath → Legion of Merit →
birthDate	1883-01-20 →
birthPlace	London →
burialPlace	Portsmouth Naval Memorial →
causeOfDeath	air crash →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1945-01-02 →
deathPlace	near Toussus-le-Noble, France →
educatedAt	Royal Naval College, Dartmouth →
era	20th century →
familyName	Ramsay →
givenName	Bertram →
hasChild	Charles Ramsay → David Ramsay →
hasRankAtEndOfCareer	Admiral →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryOperation	D-Day landings → Dunkirk evacuation → Operation Dynamo → Operation Neptune → Operation Overlord →
militaryRank	Admiral →
nickname	Architect of Dunkirk evacuation →
notableFor	Allied invasion of Normandy → Dunkirk evacuation →
notableWork	Planning of cross-Channel invasion logistics →
occupation	naval officer →
partOf	Allied forces in World War II →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → Deputy Naval Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force → Flag Officer, Dover → Naval Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force → Naval Commander, Operation Dynamo →
roleInEvent	Organized evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk in 1940 → Planned and directed naval component of D-Day landings in 1944 →
serviceEndYear	1945 →
serviceStartYear	1898 →
spouse	Helen Menzies →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Neptune →	commandedBy
Operation Dynamo ("Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay") →	commander