Cornwell, John Travers



Victoria Cross

The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the grant of the Victoria Cross to Boy, First Class, John Travers Cornwell, O.N.J.42563 (died 2 June 1916), for the conspicuous act of bravery specified below. Mortally wounded early in the action, Boy, First Class, Jack Travers Cornwell remained standing alone at a most exposed post, quietly awaiting orders, until the end of the action, with the gun's crew dead and wounded all round him. His age was under sixteen and a half years.

The photographs are known not to be of John Travers Cornell but possibly of his brother. In one photograph there is a cap tally of HMS Lancaster. As can be seen by his service record he was never on HMS Lancaster.


 * 1) HMS Chester Crew List (Photographs)
 * 2) HMS Chester Crew List (updated in Real-time)