Date of Enlistment: Army Number: 2735645 Rank: Guardsman Name: Richard James BARTLETT Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 20 May 1917 Place of Birth: Bridgend Date of Capture: 25 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne, France POW Number: 14307 POW Camps: Stalag VIIIB Date of Death: 27 November 1944
Copied from Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery Casualty Guardsman BARTLETT, RICHARD JAMES Service Number 2735645 Died 27/11/1944 Aged 27 2nd Bn. Welsh Guards Son of Samuel James Bartlett and Matilda Bartlett, of Porthcawl, Glamorgan. INSCRIPTION: HIS MEMORY OUR ONLY TREASURE. MUM AND DAD Buried at KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY Location: Poland Number of casualties: 484 Cemetery/memorial reference: 4. B. 2. See cemetery plan
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16575528 Reference: WO 416/21/138 Name: Richard James Bartlett. Date of Birth: 20 May 1917. Place of Birth: Bridgend. Service: British Army. Rank: Guardsman. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards. Service Number: 2735645. Date of Capture: 25 May 1940. Theatre of Capture: Boulogne, France. Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf. PoW number: 14307. Date of Death: 27 November 1944. Number of Photographs: 1. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 6.