MANOR PARK CEMETERY
London
England
Historical Information
There are 226 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 191 of the 1939-1945 war here. There are also 2 non World War burials. Those whose graves could not be marked on a headstone are named on a Screen Wall memorial.
Identified Casualties 431.
There are 226 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 191 of the 1939-1945 war here. There are also 2 non World War burials. Those whose graves could not be marked on a headstone are named on a Screen Wall memorial.
Identified Casualties 431.
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J/42563 Boy 1st Class John Travers Cornwell, V. C., Mentioned in Despatches
H. M. S. Chester, Royal Navy, died 2nd June 1916, aged 16. Plot 55. 13.
Son of the late Eli Cornwell, of 10, Alverstone Rd., Manor Park, Essex, and the late Lily Cornwell(nee King), of 745, Commercial Rd., Stepney, London. Born Leyton, West Ham. His father,Private E.Cornwell and half brother Private A.F.Cornwell also died.
Citation: An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 15th Sept., 1916, records the following:-"Mortally wounded early in the action, Boy, First Class, John 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.
H. M. S. Chester, Royal Navy, died 2nd June 1916, aged 16. Plot 55. 13.
Son of the late Eli Cornwell, of 10, Alverstone Rd., Manor Park, Essex, and the late Lily Cornwell(nee King), of 745, Commercial Rd., Stepney, London. Born Leyton, West Ham. His father,Private E.Cornwell and half brother Private A.F.Cornwell also died.
Citation: An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 15th Sept., 1916, records the following:-"Mortally wounded early in the action, Boy, First Class, John 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.
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