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Chalkley, Herbert Veale

Date of birth:
June 20th, 1908 (Birkenhead/Cheshire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
June 7th, 1997
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Petty Officer
Unit:
H.M.S. Exeter (68), Royal Navy
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1940
Citation:
"who, shortly after an eleven-inch shell burst in the Chief Petty Officers' Flat above the dynamo room in which he was, managed to open the door in the escape truck and crawl over the wreckage to the switchboard hatch. He could not clear the wreckage away, and realising that his services could be dispensed with in the dynamo room, he scrambled up the dynamo escape trunk to the upper deck, returned to the flat and helped the fire parties in getting the fire under control and isolated circuits there. The conditions in these two flats were very bad at the time that he was trying to escape from the dynamo room. His work with the fire parties was outstanding."

In recognition of the gallant and successful action with the " Admiral Graf Spee."
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)

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