John Travers Cornwell - known to his admiring nation as ÔBoy JackÕ Cornwell, - was a hero, perhaps the most celebrated, of the entire Great War. Cornwell, a boy sailor on board the light cruiser HMS Chester, although just sixteen years old, had been assigned the important duty of sight-setter on the ChesterÕs forward six-inch gun. Early on May 31st 1916, Chester, one of
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Cornwell, john travers [jack] (1900–1916), naval hero, was born on 8 january 1900, at clyde cottage, clyde place, leyton, essex, the son of eli cornwell.
Born in leyton, england, he served as a seaman 1st class in the british royal navy.
May 27, 2016 jack cornwell, the heroic gunner of jutland, 100 years ago this week invincible but it does not make the tale of jack and hms chester any less heroic) mortally wounded early in the action, boy, first class, john.
Feb 3, 2021 - john travers cornwell vc, the boy who stood his station at age 16 jutland jack: the life and death of a boy sailor - bbc news british medals the funeral of john travers cornwell the young hero of the battle of jutla.
May 26, 2016 when jack cornwell signed up for the royal navy in 1915 as a 15-year-old boy a painting of jack travers, by ambrose mcevoy, at royal museums greenwich a century on, the story of sailor cornwell – the third younges.
Jun 2, 2016 cornwell was not the youngest to receive the vc but he is probably the most famous.
John travers cornwell, the son of eli and alice cornwall, was born in leyton, essex, on 8th january, 1900.
Boy (first class) john travers cornwell, of the chester, was mortally wounded promptly joined the army, and jack cornwell was given his chance to join the navy. The story of his brave deed was told in the following letter, written.
Boy (1st class) jack travers cornwell was posthumously awarded the killing all the crew apart from cornwell. The badly wounded boy sailor was taken back to book published by the navy league telling the story of john travers cornw.
Hms chester naval history, queen mary, royal navy, battleship, chester, villas boy (1st class) jack travers cornwell was posthumously awarded the victoria killing all the crew apart from cornwell.
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