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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Southsea
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23rd August 2001
Attended by: Major-General Peter L de C Martin (then president of the NVA), Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, members of the NVA
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 49292
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Current location
The D-Day Story museum
Clarence Esplanade
Southsea
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO5 3NT
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 64289 98188
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Blue metal plaque with light yellow lettering in Roman capitals and the badge of the Normandy Veterans Association (NVA).
- Inscription
- TO HONOUR/ ADMIRAL SIR BERTRAM H. RAMSAY/ K.C.B., K.B.E./ (1883 ~ 1945)/ NAVAL/ COMMANDER/ DUNKIRK/ MAY 1940/ ALLIED NAVAL/ COMMANDER/ D-DAY/ 6th JUNE 1944/ NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION/ SOUTHERN PORTSMOUTH/ BRANCH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ramsay, Sir Bertram H
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, name, dates of birth and death, role at Dunkirk (1940) and D-Day (1944)
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 420MM, width 595MM
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- ADM SIR BERTRAM RAMSAY
- WMO ID: 75926
- Condition: Good [last updated on 09-06-2020]
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- Costs
Memorial: £2000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: Members of the South Portsmouth branch of the Normandy Veterans Association (NVA) - Responsibility
- The D-Day Story museum
- Reference
- The Portsmouth News, p.20, Friday 24 August 2001.
- Note - Admiral Ramsay is also commemorated in memorial windows in Portsmouth Cathedral and by a statue in the grounds of Dover Castle.
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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