Victor of D-Day: Admiral Ramsay

Bertram Ramsay was responsible for two of the great operations of WW2: Dunkirk and D-Day. By Nick Hewitt

Bertram Ramsay

Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, RN, is perhaps one of the most overlooked Allied commanders of the Second World War. Commissioned as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy on 15 September 1899, he was Mentioned in Despatches for his leadership of a naval landing party in 1904, and during the First World War he commanded the monitor M25 and the destroyer HMS Broke, building a reputation as a talented officer, keen and intelligent but also outspoken and tactless, particularly with those less capable than himself.