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Ramsay, Vincent Dana If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Lieutenant (RCNVR) |
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Place | Vancouver | Place | (nk) |
Area | BC | Area | (nk) |
Country | Canada | Country | (nk) |
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Biography |
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He was the brother of Tom Ransay. He was a very keen sailor in the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. |
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He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 18/08/1943) (Later backdated to 1942). He served in HMC LCI(L)-115 (In command) in 262nd Canadian LCI Flotilla for Operation Neptune. (He was present at the landings at D-Day (Operation Neptune). He served in several engagements in the Mediteranean and was torpedoed after the Oran Landings. He was picked up by a Norwegian freighter and taken to Gibraltar. He took part in commando landings in Italy and North Africa.). |
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Hacking, Norman (1970); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; |
Last update |
2011-02-28 00:00:00 |