Aviation Commands and Flag Rank
In 1928, Ramsay assumed command of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious in the Atlantic Fleet. He gained promotion to rear admiral in 1933 and for the next five years commanded the aircraft carriers in the fleet. King George V made him a Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) in the 1934 New Year's Honours. He subsequently advanced to the rank of Knight Commander in that order.
Ramsay served as Commander in Chief, East Indies Station, from 1936 to 1938, and then became Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Air Services. Ramsay held this post until the outbreak of World War II. He was promoted to Admiral and retired at his own request in 1942. King George VI knighted him on 18 February 1938, and invested him with the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) on 6 July that year.
Ramsay died at Ribsden Holt, Windlesham, Surrey, on 8 October 1972. He is buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.
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