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Medal commemorating John Travers Cornwell VC (1900-1916) and the Battle of Jutland, 1916
Medal commemorating John Travers Cornwell VC (1900-1916) and the Battle of Jutland, 1916. Obverse: Bust of Boy Cornwell (front) in uniform of a naval rating of HMS 'Chester', within a band containing legend. Legend: '* JOHN TRAVERS CORNWELL, V .C . BOY 1ST. CLASS ROYAL NAVY H. M. S. CHESTER.* FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.' Reverse: Legend, 'PRESENTED TO THE NAVY LEAGUE BOYS' NAVAL BRIGADE BY MRS. HUDSON 1916.' Inscription: 'TO COMMEMORATE A SPLENDID DEED OF COURAGE AND DEVOTION IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND MAY 31ST 1916. ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JELLICOE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF VICE-ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY COMMANDING THE BATTLE CRUISER FLEET. THEIR MEMORY IS UNDIMMED BY TEARS THEIR TOMB A NATION'S ALTAR; AND THEIR PRAISES SWELL ABOVE THE SOUND OF WEEPING'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2775 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | Spink & Son Ltd |
| Events: | World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Chester (1915) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Cornwell, John Travers; Hudson, Mrs Cornwell, John Travers Jellicoe, John Rushworth Navy League Boys Naval Brigade Beatty, David |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 64 mm |
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