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Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*

Stephen Melton (b.1964)

English Heritage, Dover Castle

Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*
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© Stephen Melton. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Historic England Archive

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Bronze statue of Admiral Ramsay with his right hand in his pocket and his left holding a telescope on a stone plinth with bronze relief inserts on each side, those on the front and rear with inscriptions and those on the left and right depicting the evacuation of Dunkirk. The paving in front of the statue shows a map of the English Channel and the D Day beaches.

This statue was unveiled on the 10th of November, 2000, by HRH, The Duke of Edinburgh.

English Heritage, Dover Castle

Dover

Title

Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, (1883–1945), KCB, KBE, MVO*

Date

2000

Medium

bronze & stone

Measurements

H 200 x W 70 x D 50 cm

Accession number

88390184

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

plaque on base: In memory of / ADMIRAL SIR BERTRAM RAMSEY / KCB KBE MVO 1883–1945 / VICE ADMIRAL DOVER 1939–42 / C-in-C Allied Naval Expeditionary Force / June 1944 and of those who died in the / Dunkirk and Normandy operations; plaque on base: I ploughed a passage through the foam, / Dunkirk and Deal - Dieppe and Dover, / I brought the flower of Britain home / And took the fruit of freedom over. / A.P. Herbert.

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Stephen Melton

b.1964

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