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Jack Cornwell V.C. - E10

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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

Site: Jack Cornwell V.C. - E10 (1 memorial)

E10, Clyde Place, 1 - 31

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Jack Cornwell V.C. - E10

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Jack Cornwell, VC

Sailor. Born as John Travers Cornwell in Clyde Place, Leyton, he enlisted in ...

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Jack Cornwell V.C. - E10

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Waltham Forest Council

Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.

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