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Wing Commander Christopher Smales Bartlett

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Military service

Service number: 39928
Age: 27
Rank: Wing Commander
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: royal air force
Division: 434 Bluenose Squadron (R.C.A.F.)
Birth: January 1, 1917 Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: July 1, 1937
Death: June 13, 1944 Lille, France

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CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen)
Grave reference: 4. G. 9.
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Son of Christopher Pennycuick and Dora Margaret (nee Smales) Bartlett, of Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. Brother of Dick. Bartlett Lake, thirty air miles northeast of La Ronge was named for Wing Commander Bartlett. In 1999, fifteen members of his family visited Bartlett Lake, erected a plaque and raised their glasses in a champagne toast to Wing Commander Bartlett. He was originally buried at Givenchy-en Gohelle Cemetery, in France, and later re-buried at the Calais Canadian War Cemetery.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 607 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen) Pas de Calais, France

Leubringhen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, halfway between Calais and Boulogne. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery is in Leubringhen and is situated on the east side of the Calais-Boulogne road, 14 kilometres from Calais.

From Calais leave the motorway at junction 9 and turn left onto the N3-E402 toward St Inglevert. Proceed through the village and immediately after, turn first left over motorway bridge and follow the road for approximately 250 metres. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery will be found on the left.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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