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2735645 Guardsman Richard James BARTLETT, 2 Welsh Guards: PoW, 27/11/1944

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  1. dbf

    dbf Member

    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
     
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  2. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

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    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

    BARTLETT, R.J. WELSHGUARDS.JPG
     
  3. dbf

    dbf Member

    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.
     
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  4. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Hi D files from Ancestry.
    i3119722-00133.jpg i3119728-00263.jpg 48741_b429193-00052.jpg
     
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