Major General David J. Ramsay, VCASNY

Arms: Per pale sable and argent, two lancet voids and within each a sword paleways point upwards all counterchanged.

SOURCE, NOTES & CREDITS: Arms granted at the English College of Arms on 1 August 1984.

The late David John Ramsay, born 17 April 1931, was a retired US Army Colonel and a former Commandant of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of New York, one of eight Historic Military Commands, established in 1790, as well as a friend of long standing. He died on12 March 2019, age 87.

The artwork is a rendering by John Hamilton Gaylor.

Wedvick Armorial, 013a, Ramsay, 20080308

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