Basic Details
Surname
Ramsay
Forenames
James Surtees Maule
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘James was born in Chelsea, the younger son of the Hon. Sir Patrick William Maule Ramsay, younger son of the 13th Earl of Dalhousie, and his wife, Dorothy Cynthia Surtees. His father was in the diplomatic service. James’s earliest years were spent in Brazil from where the family returned to England on June 27th 1927.
He was educated at Stowe and Matriculated in 1942. He joined the 3rd Battalion of the Scots Guards and was serving as a Lieutenant when he was killed on October 26, 1944 by shell fire near the St. Joseph School at the Bosstraatje adjoining the house of Piet van Rooij in Moergestel, a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He is buried in the Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery Plot 9. B. 17.'
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Holland
Town of death
Moergestel, North Brabant.
Country of burial
Holland
Town of burial
Bergen-op-Zoom
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
October
Day of death
26
Age at death
21
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action