BARTLETT, Harry Royston
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Known as:
Roy
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Died :
Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Died on war service
Cemetery/Memorial:
10 September 1942 appointed Second Lieutenant, Royal Marines [1].
10 May 1943 appointed Lieutenant, Royal Marines [2].
August 1943 serving as Lieutenant, 41RM Commando [3].
August 1943 serving as Lieutenant, 41RM Commando [3].
September 1943 wounded during operations at Salerno, Italy [4].
1 November 1944 died at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Son of Brig. H. Bartlett CBE and Hilda Bartlett; brother of Osborne and husband of Joan. The headstone at his grave states "died of wounds received at Salerno" [4][5].
1 November 1944 died at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Son of Brig. H. Bartlett CBE and Hilda Bartlett; brother of Osborne and husband of Joan. The headstone at his grave states "died of wounds received at Salerno" [4][5].
4 November 1944 buried with full military honours [6].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35728, page 4285.
[2] Navy Lists - Quarterly.
[2] Navy Lists - Quarterly.
[3] Navy Lists August 1943 (shows 41RM Commando).
[4] Photo of his headstone on the website Find A Grave.
[5] CWGC (shows HMS Copra).
[6] Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 8 December 1944.
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