Cornwell, John Travers

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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.	Unknown

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	IWM Lives of the First World War

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"Boy (first Class) John Travers Cornwell, H.M.S. Chester, was mortally wounded early in the action. He nevertheless re- mained standing alone at a most exposed post, quietly await- ing orders till the end of the action, with the gun's crew dead and wounded all around him. His age was under sixteen and a half years. I regret that he has since died, but I recom- mend his case for special recognition." --- (From Vice-Admiral Beatty's report to Sir John Jellicoe.)	Daily Mirror Friday 07 July 1916 Page 1 (British Newspaper Archive)

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These photographs are known not to be of John Travers Cornwell 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.	Service Record