Name
Douglas Arthur (poss Andrew) Flatt
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/03/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
46511
Royal Army Medical Corps
54th Field Amb.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
VIII. A. 199.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Grammar School Memorial, Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance
Pre War
Son of the Rev Frederick Joseph and Florence (nee PETERSON) FLATT of Littlehampton, Sussex.
His parents married 1884 at Barton on Irwell Register Office, Lancs. Frederick died 27 March 1926 aged 69; Florence died 15 September 1937 aged 77; both in Rustington, Sussex.
Douglas was born 31 July 1893 in Dunstable, Beds, and attended Watford Grammar School from January 1906 to July 1908.
On the 1901 Census, a scholar aged 8 he lived in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1911 Census, a grocer’s assistant aged 18 he lived in Littlehampton, with his parents and one sibling.
Recorded as born in Dunstable and enlisted in Guildford, Surrey.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Guildford, Surrey; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 25 July 1915, and died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
The published Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance entry reads:
“FLATT, DOUGLAS ARTHUR. School period: January, 1906, to
July, 1908. R.A.M.C. Killed in France.”
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
