MilitaryBorn January 20, 1883

Bertram Ramsay

Royal Navy Admiral; commanded the Dunkirk evacuation

Born
January 20, 1883
Died
January 2, 1945 (aged 61)
Known as
military officer

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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