On 7 Dec 1941, while making her second round-trip from St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland, to Iceland trip, HMCS 'Windflower' was rammed and sunk, while in convoy SC.58, by the Dutch freighter 'Zypenberg' in dense fog off the Grand Banks. Twenty-three of her complement were lost.
Military Service:-
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: V/27273
Age: 18
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division: H.M.C.S. 'Windflower'
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
Son of Frances Bartlett of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ordinary Seaman Frederick Ernest Bartlett is commemorated on Page 23 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
On 7 Dec 1941, while making her second round-trip from St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland, to Iceland trip, HMCS 'Windflower' was rammed and sunk, while in convoy SC.58, by the Dutch freighter 'Zypenberg' in dense fog off the Grand Banks. Twenty-three of her complement were lost.
Military Service:-
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: V/27273
Age: 18
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division: H.M.C.S. 'Windflower'
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
Son of Frances Bartlett of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ordinary Seaman Frederick Ernest Bartlett is commemorated on Page 23 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
WITH A CHEERY SMILE
AND A WAVE OF HIS HAND
HE HAS SAILED
TO AN UNKNOWN LAND.
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