J. E. "Bart" Bartholomew . Royal Air Force 281 Sqd This photograph of my late father Flt. Lt. J E "Bart" Bartholomew and company taken on New Years Eve 1943. Dad is second from the left, back row in full uniform Dad served in Coastal Command in 547 Sqdn. 281 Sqdrn. and 279 Sqdrn. He was an Australian and a navigator in RAF Coastal Command based in England, Scotland, Iceland and the Shetlands during WW2. He twice crashed in the sea and received the Air Force Cross for service and gallantry.
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Brian "Tex" Bartingdale . I am trying to trace 3 guys who flew out of the Ossington aerodrome 1943/44; Tex, his real name was Brian Bartingdale, and his friends Nobby and Ginge (he had red hair!). I was about 4 at the time and staying with my aunt, the 'drome was very close by and the guys used to sometimes 'dip their wings' when they flew over the cottage. I would love to find them and tell them I remember the chocolate and doll's tea set! Pure nostalgia and I would like them to know how they added a bit of magic to a little girl's war years.
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Brian Arthur George "Tex" Bartingdale . Royal Air Force from Gorse Hill, Anstay, Leicester Brian Arthur George Bartingdale, known as Tex, who served on Lancasters flying from Ossington believed to be transferred to Cranfield maybe sometime in 1944 . Thought to have survived the war and lived at Gorse Hill, Anstay Leicester. May have gone to live in New York in 1947. He also had two friends called Knobby and Ginger (Nick names of course) actual names not known. If anyone knows anything about him please get in touch.
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P/O William Arthur Bartlemay . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd. from Buffalo, New York State, USA. (d.25th Oct 1944)
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Able Sea. Cyril Josiah "Bob" Bartlett . Royal Navy from Rattling Brrok, NF
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E. C. Bartlett . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar Bartlett was counted anmongst the survivors when HMS Forfar was lost. He had transferred under the T124x agreement as a crew member of the Montrose.
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Eileen Alice Bartlett . Women's Royal Naval Service from Bridport, Dorset, England My mother, Eileen Bartlett, was a Morse Code operator and talked about being stationed in Wales for a time. She also talked about being in London. I know that she and my father met at a dance, fell in love and married.
After moving to Oklahoma, she didn't talk much about the war because what she had seen bothered her very much. We didn't ever watch war movies or any programmes about wars and she became nervous at the sound of fireworks, so I assume she was near bombing.
One of her brothers was killed in the Middle East and another was taken prisoner by the Japanese for several years.
I'm very interested in knowing her military history but don't know how to find records.
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Wing Commander G C C Bartlett AFC. RAF 59 Squadron
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Wg.Cdr. George Arthur Bartlett DFC.. Royal Air Force 21 Squadron (d.26th April 1941) I am begging for help to identify the full names (and pictures if available) of the following 21 Squadron airmen, in March 1941:
- Sergeants Clinton (RAFVR) Probably a Navigator or 2nd Pilot
- Sgt. Chinn (RAFVR) Probably an Air gunner
- Sergeant Dennis (RAFVR) pilot
- Sgt.Webb (RAFVR) Navigator or 2nd Pilot
- Sgt. Goode (RAFVR) Air Gunner
- F/O Windsor (RAFO) Navigator or 2nd Pilot
Looking for pictures of the following 21 Squadron airmen in 1941:
- Sgt. Sidney Ernest Sproson (RAFVR 745815) pilot
- W/C George Arthur Bartlett, D.F.C. (RAFO 32071)
- Lt. Albert Parsons Wireless Operator/Air-Gunner (RAFVR 808419)
Any picture of 21 Squadron machines and airmen inMarch 1941 would be most welcomed for a book-project.
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Pte. Harry Edward Bartlett . British Army 174th Infantry Brigade from Portsmouth
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Flt.Sgt. Henry Bartlett DFM Distinguished Flying Medal. Royal Air Force 40 Squadron from Ramsbottom, Lancashire My father, Harry Bartlett, was born in Ramsbottom, Lancashire. After a bit of the usual teenage angst, he joined the Scots Guards before the War. Sporting a bearskin he guarded Windsor Castle. With the outbreak of hostilities, they were given despatch rider duties in the London area on an assortment of requisitioned motor-cycles. They were given much slower WD issue bikes when their mortality rate rose higher than front-line troops.
In due course the Guards were sent to Norway for the short-lived campaign of April 1940. Dad spent a little while looking at neutral Sweden a short distance away, and wondered how easy it would be to make a map-reading error and spend the rest of the war in neutrality. Instead he volunteered for pilot training, and learnt to fly in Florida and Georgia.
Returning to England, he subsequently flew a Wellington to North Africa with 40 squadron RAF, and spent a while bombing Sicily. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal - he says it was because it was his turn to get one rather than for anything particularly impressive. The aircraft was shot down, and Dad swam ashore, to spend the rest of the war in Stalag IVB in Germany. He rarely spoke of his time in the prison camp, but years later could be heard talking to himself in German at times.
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Sgt. James Blake Bartlett . British Army 1st Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps My late father was a prisoner in Stalag 383. His name was Sgt James Blake
Bartlett of the KRRC 1 QVR's. He was captured at Calais 23.5.1940 and according to his army record first went to Stalag XXA in 1940 then to XXB in 1941 and to Stalag 111C which was renamed Stalag 383 in November 1942 where he stayed until release on the 11.5.1945. I can still remember his home coming even to this day, our mum woke us up to say this is your Dad, as I was only 3 when he went away and now I was 8, so did not remember him all that much. He passed away in 1992 and never spoke much about his time as a POW.
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Sgt. James Blake Bartlett . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps My late father was a POW at Stalag 383 for the 5 years of WW2 having been taken prisoner at Dunkirk. His name was Sergeant James Blake Bartlett of the KRRC. He never talked about his time there all we know he stayed behind at Dunkirk having been told he would be either killed or captured and he spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war. When he came home he said that he was flown home in a Lancaster.
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Sgt. Joseph Edwin Bartlett . British Army 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment from Salmon Terrace, Hull Ted Bartlett enlisted in Harrogate in 1940 and served on the South coast during the invasion threat.
He was shipped to North Africa in 1941 with battalion and served in Operation Battleaxe and also in Cyprus before returning to Egypt where he was deployed as part of 150th Brigade at Rotunda Ulab, Lybia May 1942.
He was captured by units of D.A.K. and was a pow in Italy and later in Stalag 4b in Eastern Germany.
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Lloyd "Chuck" Bartlett . United States Air Force I am looking for my grandfather Lloyd (nickname Chuck) Bartlett. He was an officer in the USAAF in WW2. I am not sure where in America he came from but he was based in Sandgate,Brisbane in Australia in 1942-1945. He may have also been in Townsville. If anyone has any information at all I would be most grateful as I would love to find him if he is still alive.
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2Lt. Natalie Elizabeth Bartlett . British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service from Headington, Bucks. Natalie Bartlett served with the ATS. She married the Rev. Henry Wolfe Baines on 22nd of July 1944 in St Mary the Virgin Church, Oxford who was was Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand from 1960 to 1972.
Natalie died in 2003 in Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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RW Bartlett . British Army RW Bartlett served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sergeant W H Bartlett . RAF No. 12 Squadron (d.7th July 1943) Does anyone know if Lancaster ED548 of No. 12 Squadron was recovered from the River Forth after crashing near the Kincardine Bridge on the 7/7/1943 whilst taking part in a cross country flight?
I know that Sgt W H Bartlett (air gunner) and Sdn Ldr R G L Baxter, pilot both died in the accident and are both buried in Gransable cemetery.
The reason I am asking is that I am a interested in aircraft and have my own company using ROVs to do under water videos and inspections, and if this Lancaster is still down at the bottom of the Forth I would like to film it for future archives.
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Sgt William Henry Bartlett . RAF 12Sqd. (d.7th Jul 1943) Rear gunner William Bartlett died on 7th July 1943 during training in Lancaster I ED548 PH-X of 12 Sqd.
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Flight Officer Frank White Bartlett jr. . U.S. Army Air Force 847th Bomber Squardon 489th Bomber Group Heavy from Pen Yan, New York (d.29 May 1944) I am inquiring for information, My Uncle, Frank White Bartlett, was in England, at Halesworth Air Base in April 1944 with the 847th. Bomber Squardon. He was a Flight Officer. He was killed in a plane crash prior to D-Day. The story I have heard was they were having an aircraft fly by for some VIP's prior to D-Day when the wing tips touched and at least 4 planes in formation crashed. I have not been able to find any details of this and hoping someone might point me in the right direction or have been there. I never knew him and I was in the Air Force in Veit Nam, I want to take my Mother to England to see her brother's markers at Cambridge Cemetery. She is 80 years old and in very good shape. Thanks for hearing my story.
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Sgt Percival John Bartlett. . RAF 12Sqd. Rear Gnr. Percy Bartlett was shot down in Lancaster III EE142 PH-G of 12 Sqd and was taken POW, held in Stalag Muhlberg-Elbe
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Mike Bartman . RCAF navigator 408 Sqd.
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Gdsmn. Alfred Edward Barton . British Army 3rd Btn. Grenadier Guards from Horam, East Sussex Alfred Barton joined the Grenadier Guards in 1939
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Arthur Leonard Barton . British Army My Uncle Leon Barton was a prisoner in Stalag XXIA (Gefangennummer 3387) in Thorn, Poland in 1942 when he was repatriated. He was ill and, as far as I know, went into a mental hospital and it seems he was abandoned by the family. I would love to know if anyone knows what happened to him or can tell me what he was like and any stories. It seems awful to think how much he suffered and then the stigma of mental illness meant he was forgotten about. I hope that one day he got well and managed to find a new and happier life somewhere.
I have a postcard he sent to my mother on May 19th 1942 and a photo taken on repatriation with him being carried out of camp on a stretcher.
His full name is Arthur Leonard Barton but he signed mum's postcard: L McLeon-Barton. Not sure why.
I'd appreciate any help to find out more.
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Sergeant Bart Barton . RAF 59 Squadron
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Cyril Joe Barton VC.. Royal Air Force 578 Squadron from Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey (d.31st March 1944)
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FJ Barton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps FJ Barton served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Spr. Frederick William Barton . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Frederick Barton of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Pte. Frederick Barton . British Army 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (d.27th Jun 1944)
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Gnr. George William Barton . British Army Royal Artillery from Forest Hill, London George Barton was my grandfather. I have all the papers from the National Archives including his capture card
I have letters he sent home and a note showing where he was captured and the camps he was in, Changi, Priok and Kuching.
I went to Kuching and found two remaining POW huts still there.
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