Jack Cornwell V.C. 1900 - 1916
Adjacent to this site stood Clyde Cottage birthplace of John Travers Cornwell the youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross posthumously awarded for bravery at the Battle of Jutland in World War I.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E10, Clyde Place, 1 - 31
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jack Cornwell V.C. - E10
Sailor. Born as John Travers Cornwell in Clyde Place, Leyton, he enlisted in ...
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Jack Cornwell V.C. - E10
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
English Heritage Dame Edith Sitwell, 1887 - 1964, poet lived here in Flat 42.
Milne moved here on his discharge from the army and military intelligence in 1919 and owned it until 1942. This is where Milne's son, Ch...
Galsworthy was not well enough to go to the ceremony to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature, so they brought it to him at his home here.
Painted in the authentic green then in use, this is a reproduction of the Penfold design, first installed in 1866.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
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