- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Unit:
- 1st South Staffordshire Regiment, 57th Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- May 16th, 1916
"In recognition of his gallantry in saving life at St. Peter's Barracks, Jersey, in February last:
On the 22nd February 1916, at St. Peter's Barracks. Jersey, one of the men under instruction at a bombing class, of which Lieutenant Bartlett was in charge, was practicing with a catapult bomb thrower, and had removed the safety-pin from a bomb, holding back the lever with his finger. In placing the bomb in the sling he dropped it, and, in a fright, ran back- wards, colliding with Lieutenant Bartlett, who had started to pick up the bomb. Lieutenant Bartlett, however, succeeded in reaching the bomb in time to throw it over the parapet into the air: where it exploded harmlessly. The bomb was timed to explode five seconds after the lever was released.
This Officer had already been awarded the Military Cross."