Memorial: M1049

Window in Portsmouth Cathedral dedicated to Admiral Bertram Ramsay d.1945

Location

Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[Left] 'IN MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / SIR BERTRAM RAMSEY / KILLED IN ACTION 1945 WHO / COMMANDED THE SEABOURNE FORCES / AT DUNKIRK 1940' [Right] 'AND NORMANDY 1944 / HERE ARE REMEMBERED / ALSO THOSE UNDER HIS / COMMAND WHO WERE KILLED / DURING THESE OPERATIONS'

Details

Type: Window
Position: Lower windows of transept

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Ramsay, Bertram Home
Age: 61
Date of Death: 2/1/1945
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 1883. Commanded sea-bourne forces at Dunkirk 1940 and Normandy 1944. Buried at St German en Laye near Paris. He was killed in a fatal plane crash in 1945.

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