Orders, Decorations and Medals

A ‘Cyprus’ B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 S. E. G. Bartlett, Royal Army Service Corps

British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (S/160489 A/W/O. I Spencer E. G. Bartlett, R.A.S.C.) naming officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (S/160489 S. Sgt., R.A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (S/160489 S. Sgt., R.A.S.C.) mounted as worn, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (8) £200-300

B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1961.

His recommendation reads: ‘From February 1957 to March 1960 Staff Sergeant Bartlett was in command of 99 Field Bakery at Episkopi. This Bakery was equipped and staffed to meet the needs of 5,500 troops but during this period of the Cyprus Emergency, the Bakery was supplying an inflated figure of some 10,000 to 12,000 personnel of the Army and Royal Air Force. Throughout this time, despite the problems of continual heavy overloading, the Bakery maintained an excellent and unfailing service and this was due entirely to the great energy, drive and technical ability of Staff Sergeant Bartlett.

In April 1960, he was promoted Acting Warrant Officer and posted to command the Static Bakery at Dhekelia, where he has continued to apply his wholehearted enthusiasm and skill. The result has been that, by reorganisation and adjustment, the civilian overtime expenditure has been considerably reduced and, at the same time, efficiency has been increased in regard to quality of the product.

In addition to his duties as a Master Baker at Dhekelia, he has carried out several inspection and supervisory visits to other Army Bakeries within the Command; this task being quite outside his normal responsibilities.

Throughout this period of four years, Staff Sergeant Bartlett has shown himself to be an outstanding example of a high grade senior rank craftsman who, by applying himself unsparingly to his responsibilities, has produced excellent results and has given very valuable service to a considerable part of the Army and Royal Air Force in Cyprus. His diligence, skill, loyalty and devotion to duty set an example to all ranks.’

With copied gazette and recommendation extracts.