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Frank William Ramsay (10 December 1875 – 1 October 1954) was a senior

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officer in the

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Military career

Ramsay transferred from the

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into the

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on 15 May 1897. He served with the

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before the

. In the war, he served as commander of 48th Brigade and participated in the

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in 1917. He went on to be General Officer Commanding

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in June 1918. In 1925 he took command over a Brigade of the

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until he retired in 1929. Later he lived in Holbrook Hall,

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. Ramsey was awarded the

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(DSO) in 1916 and appointed

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(CMG) in 1917 and

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(CB) in 1919.''Who Was Who. Volume V. A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those who died during the period 1951 - 1960'', A & C Black Limited, 1964.

Works

*"''Polo Pony Training with Some Hints on the Game''" London and Portsmouth, Gale & Polden (1928)Horace A. Laffaye:"The Polo Encyclopedia, 2d ed.", McFarland & Co. Inc. (2015); , p. 306

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