Remembered Little Houghton,Northamtonshire BARTLET, CHARLES JAMES WILLIAM Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 174882 Date of Death: 08/02/1944 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Irish Guards1st Bn. Grave Reference XX. J. 11. Cemetery BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO Additional Information: Son of William James Garden Bartlet and Mildred Maud Bartlet; husband of Sylvia Mary Bartlet (nee Wilson), of Pangbourne, Berks.
Personal Number: 174882 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: Charles James William BARTLET Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 12 March 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35103/supplement/1495/data.pdf The undermentioned Cadets, from 163rd, 164th, 166th, 167th, 168th & 170th O.C.T.U's, to be 2nd Lts., except as otherwise stated, 1st Mar 1941 FOOT GUARDS. I. G'ds. Charles James William BARTLET (174882).
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: BARTLET, Charles James William DOB: 1920, 1st Quarter Place of Birth: Lambeth, London Residence: Northampton, England Profession: Parents: William James Garden Bartlet and Mildred Maud Bartlet. Wife: Sylvia Mary Bartlet (nee Wilson), of Pangbourne, Berkshire, married 1943, Evesham, Worcestershire Photo: Radley College Archives SERVICE Personal Number: 174882 Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 1st Battalion OFFICER Orbats: 1Bn, No 1 Company Platoon Commander Italy CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Italy Date of Death: 08/02/1944 Age at Death: 24 Casualty Type: Wounded, Missing in Action, Presumed Killed Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO Cemetery Plan: Cemetery Photo: View attachment 181391 Grave Reference: XX. J. 11. Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Headstone: Inscription: "Grant him, O Lord, Eternal rest And let light perpetual Shine upon him." Army Casualty List (WO 417): 174882 Lieutenant (Acting) Bartlet, Charles James William 1943-44 Irish Guards 174882 Lieutenant (Acting) Bartlet, Charles James William 1943-44 Irish Guards 174882 Lieutenant (Acting) Bartlet, Charles James William 1944-45 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: PRISONER/MISSING Missing Personnel File Details: MEDALS Campaign Medals: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, September 1939 - July 1944 Archive Files: WO 417 Publications: IG History, pgs 254, 259, 264, 290, 315, 316, 359 Page 359: "On the 11th April the Battalion sailed from Naples in the Capetown Castle. Of the 926 men who left Ayr in February, 1943, 326 landed in Liverpool on the 22nd April, 1944. On the beach-head the Battalion lost 32 officers and 714 men, killed wounded and missing. It left behind it in the graveyards outside Anzio 7 officers and 66 men. The bodies of some of the missing dead, such as the gallant Charles Bartlett, were found after the war; the others are still missing. “Quis separabit?” Wherever they lie, they are the 1st Battalion Irish Guards." Obituary: Radley College Archives "Radlein Obituary, June 18 1944. Recorded as Missing June 16, 1946. Missing in Italy, Feb., 1944, now presumed killed, Charles James WilIiam Bartlet, Lt., Irish Guards (E), (Boyd's, Morgan's, G, 1933-38). Charles Bartlet, of whom we have awaited news for so long, has now been officially presumed killed. It is not difficult for those who knew him well to visualise one of the last pictures of him, stemming a rush in the Anzio beach-head by "dealing out grenades, as though from a pack of cards, under the oncoming tanks". As a boy at Radley he was calm and determined in everything that he did and was obviously one who might someday become a leader of men. He was last seen badly wounded and in enemy hands, and no trace of him has since been discovered. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family in their long anxiety." War Memorial: Little Houghton, Northamptonshire Newspaper: The Times, published 28 February 1944: MISSING BARTLET. - "Reported missing in Feb., 1944, Lieut. C J W BARTLET, Irish Guards. Any information gratefully received by his wife Mary, Aston-Somerville, Broadway, Worcs. Irish Times, published 11 June 1945: "Lieutenant Charles BARTLET No. 1 Coy., 1st Batt. Irish Guards, wounded night of 7/8 Feb., 1944, at Anzio, has not been heard of since. Would any soldier who may have been with him at the time communicate with Major T.W. KIRKWOOD, Sutton House, Sutton, Co. Dublin" The Times, published 12 Feb 1945: PERSONAL:- Repatriated P.O.W. having information for next of kin of any of the following casualties subsequent to date reported missing in Italy (and untraced in spite of official inquiries) are earnestly requested to write to Mrs Shuster, 46, Chelsea Square, London, SW3. Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Lieut Charles James William Bartlet ( - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, italy Radley College Archives
Hi Clive Would you still have the original image of the memorial inscription? This one seems to have been confused with the ones for the post following on.
BMD Birth Name: Charles J W Bartlet Mother's Maiden Surname: Hatfield Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1920 Registration district: Lambeth Inferred County: London Volume Number: 1d Page Number: 1092 Marriage Name: Charles J W Bartlet Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1943 Registration district: Evesham Inferred County: Worcestershire Spouse: Sylvia M Wilson Volume Number: 6c Page Number: 493
