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Auction: 23111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1008

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (269548 G. D. Flatt, C.E.R.A. 2 CL., H.M.S. Cambrian.), evidence of acid cleaning, thus fine

[D.S.M.] London Gazette 30 June 1915.

George David Flatt was born on 22 March 1876 at Burton, Staffordshireand was a fitter by trade upon his joining the Royal Navy on 12 December 1898. During the Great War he served aboard Undaunted until 31 October 1919, being demobilised on 8 January 1921.

Undaunted was launched on 28 April 1914 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's shipyard at Govan. She participated in numerous naval operations during the Great War. On commissioning she was assigned as the leader of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force, guarding the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 28 August 1914, Undaunted took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and on 17 October 1914 she was involved in an action off the Dutch island of Texel with German torpedo boats. On 25 December 1914 she participated in the Cuxhaven Raid, and on 24 January 1915 she took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank. In April 1915 she was damaged in collision with the destroyer Landrail and on 24 March 1916 she was again damaged in a collision, this time with the light cruiser Cleopatra while covering the a raid on a Zeppelin base believed to be at Hoyer in Schleswig-Holstein. In November 1918 was reassigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She was sold for scrap on 9 April 1923 to Cashmore, of Newport.

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