Awards & Winners

Jack Cornwell

Date of Birth 08-January-1900
Place of Birth Leyton
(London)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as John Travers Cornwell
Profession Sailor, Soldier
John Travers Cornwell VC, commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, is remembered for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland. At the age of only 16, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cornwell is the third-youngest recipient of the VC after Andrew Fitzgibbon and Thomas Flinn.

Awards by Jack Cornwell

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jack Cornwell.

1916


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 31 May 1916 as a First Class Boy of the HMS Chester during the First World War. Posthumously Awarded.)