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VC703 John (Jack) Travers Cornwell
BORN 8 January 1900
DIED 2 June 1916 AGE 16
VC Won 31 May 1916 AGE 16
Place VC Won Battle of Jutland, North Sea, HMS Chester
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name John (Jack) Travers Cornwell No. O.N.J 42563 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 703 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Boy First Class
Rank End Of Career Boy First Class
Place Of Birth Leyton, London, England
Place Of Death Grimsby District Hospital, Lincolnshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Manor Park Cemetery, London, England (Originally buried in a common grave at Grimsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 29 July 1916
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Square 55, Grave 13
Gazetted 15 September 1916
VC Presented 16 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother
Memorials
P Headstone, Manor Park Cemetery, London, England
P Named On HMS Chester Memorial, Chester Cathedral, Cheshire
P Named on War Memorial, Central Park, East Ham, East London
P Cornwell Close, Gosport, Hampshire
P Jack Cornwell Street, Manor Park, E London
P Named On Memorial Outside St Botolph Without Bishopgate Church, City Of London
Memorial Window, City Memorial Hall, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow, E London
Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Cottages, Hornchurch, Essex
By The Way…
Awarded a postumous Bronze Cross, the highest Boy Scout award, Scout movement also instituted the Cornwell Badge in his honour
Several poems and the song “The Hero” written in his honour
Paintings by Frank O Salisbury and F Matania
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
