War hero
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945) was the Royal Navy's foremost expert in amphibious warfare during the Second World War. Working from the underground tunnels beneath Dover Castle, he was responsible for Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation which rescued 338,000 British and allied troops trapped in France by German forces in 1940.
As Naval Commanding Officer, Eastern Task Force, Ramsay prepared the amphibious landings during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. A year later, as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force, he oversaw Operation Neptune, the naval contribution to the invasion of Normandy. This is still regarded as the greatest amphibious operation in history. He was killed in a plane crash on 2 January 1945.
This statue, commemorating the man and his achievements, is in the grounds of Dover Castle and overlooks the English Channel - where, perhaps, he had his finest hour.
War hero
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945) was the Royal Navy's foremost expert in amphibious warfare during the Second World War. Working from the underground tunnels beneath Dover Castle, he was responsible for Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation which rescued 338,000 British and allied troops trapped in France by German forces in 1940.
As Naval Commanding Officer, Eastern Task Force, Ramsay prepared the amphibious landings during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. A year later, as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force, he oversaw Operation Neptune, the naval contribution to the invasion of Normandy. This is still regarded as the greatest amphibious operation in history. He was killed in a plane crash on 2 January 1945.
This statue, commemorating the man and his achievements, is in the grounds of Dover Castle and overlooks the English Channel - where, perhaps, he had his finest hour.