Owen Bartlett CBE (1884 - 1950)

Born 2 Sep 1884 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Betty Mildred (Barker) Bartlett — married 17 May 1919 in Thurstaston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 26 Mar 1950 at age 65 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

United States Navy

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Owen Bartlett CBE was awarded the Navy Cross.

Owen Bartlett CBE was awarded the Commanders of the Order of the British Empire.

Commander Owen Bartlett CBE served in the United States Navy in World War I
Service started: 1906
Unit(s): USS Cummings (DD-44); USS Gregory (DD-82)
Service ended: 1926

Owen Bartlett was born in September of 1884 in Southampton, England. He was the son of Frank Bartlett and Hattie Owen.^[1]

Owen graduated from the US Navy Academy in 1906.

Upon the outbreak of World War I, he became the Lieutenant Governor of Guam. Later on in wartime, he commanded the destoyers USS Cummings and Gregory in European waters, which led to his numerous decorations.

He married Betty Barker in May of 1919 in Thurstaston, Cheshire, England.^[2][3]

He recieved The US Navy Cross for his service during World War I:

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Owen Bartlett, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. CUMMINGS, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested by enemy submarines and mines, protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity during World War I.^[4]

Navy Cross

He also received the The Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Award from King George V of England.

Owen ultimately retired in 1926. and passed away in March of 1950 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island. He was buried at the Cedar Cemetery there.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: US Naval Academy, Anne Arundel, Maryland; Roll: 605; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1240605. Image
2. ↑ Marriage Record - Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01502; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 2-31. Image
3. ↑ Marriage Record - General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 8a; Page: 1178. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data:General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.
4. ↑ Military Times
5. ↑ Death Record - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109504286/owen-bartlett: accessed 17 March 2023), memorial page for CDR Owen Bartlett (2 Sep 1884–26 Mar 1950), Find A Grave: Memorial #109504286, citing Cedar Cemetery, Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.
6. ↑ Obituary - The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii · Tuesday, April 11, 1950.