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.
Stanley Hall & Baths This building was erected by E. H. Blunt, 1884.
Built as a hospital and old people’s home. The facade is in the style of an early 18th century house but it was built 1912-13, by Castell...
2023: Andrew Czezowski, co-founder of the Fridge, contacted us to point out that the plaque incorrectly suggests that SIIS played at the ...
Commemoration of this event has had a chequered history. First Hackney mistakenly erected a plaque on the wrong building. That plaque the...
This memorial originally comprised the two low marble plaques with the display stand between and a rather nice little fountain behind. O...
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