Arthur Frederick Cornwell

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Reference WMO/267419

Address:

Manor Park Cemetery

Sebert Road

London

E7 0NP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: On the central driveway, facing the main gate. Plain Latin cross rising from rough hewn rock and naval anchor, set on a plinth with rope decoration on each corner. This is the war grave of Jack Cornwell VC and also of his father, Private Eli Cornwell of the Royal Defence Corps, who died a few months after his son. The addition is for Jack's half-brother, Private Arthur Frederick Cornwell, who is buried at H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St-Mein, France. Grave 13 Section 55
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[front of base] In Memoriam / First Class Boy John Travers / Cornwell, V.C. / born 8th January 1900 / died of wounds received at / the Battle of Jutland / 2nd June 1916. / This stone was erected / by scholars and ex-scholars / of schools in East Ham. / "It is not wealth or ancestry / but honourable conduct and a noble / disposition that make men great." Ovid. [left of base] Arthur Frederick / Cornwell, / born on 30th December 1887, / killed in action in France / on 29th August 1918. [right of base] Eli Cornwell, / father of / John Travers Cornwell, V.C. / died on 25th October 1916, / aged 63 years. / Alice Cornwell, / wife of the above / died on 31st October 1919, aged 54 years.

John Travers Cornwell, Arthur Frederick Cornwell, Eli Cornwell

Grade II (England)

1433403

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