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Ramsay, Bertram Home "Bertie"

Date of birth:
January 20th, 1883 (London, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
January 2nd, 1945 (Toussus-le-Noble, France)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Grave: 9.
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Commander
Unit:
HMS Broke, Royal Navy
Awarded on:
December 17th, 1918
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Rank:
Rear-Admiral
Awarded on:
June 26th, 1936
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Vice-Admiral
Unit:
Flag Officer commanding Dover, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
June 7th, 1940
Awarded for:
Operation Dynamo
"For good services in organising the withdrawal to England under fire and in the face of many and great difficulties of 335,490 Officers and Men of the Allied Armies, in about one thousand of His Majesty's Ships and other craft between the 27th of May and the 4th of June, 1940."
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Admiral
Unit:
Eastern Task Force, Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ), Allied Forces
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1943
Awarded for:
Operation Torch
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Admiral
Unit:
Deputy Naval Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ), Allied Forces
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1943
Awarded for:
Operation Husky
Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Admiral
Unit:
Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
Awarded on:
October 4th, 1944
Awarded for:
Operation Neptune
"For distinguished service in connection with the invasion of Normandy."
Orden Ushakova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Admiral
Unit:
Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
Awarded on:
July 17th, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Neptune
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force, during the invasion of Normandy, on 6 June 1944."

Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 342, September 1945 (posthumously awarded)
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)

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