The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 2016. Memorial.
The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker
- WRENN ID
- worn-attic-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- East Ham MP: Sir Stephen Timms (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker, Plot 13 Section 55, Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Sebert Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 0NP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 413 856
- Coordinates
- 51.55217, 0.03719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker is located at plot 13, section 55, of the Manor Park Cemetery, positioned at the junction of Centre Drive and Cornwell Crescent, facing the main entrance from Sebert Road. The monument features a large white marble plinth, square in shape, adorned with a carved rope ornament on the front edges, which transitions to a representation of a rock from which a plain Latin cross rises. A large anchor with a chain is carved on the front face of the rock. The plot is enclosed by a moulded kerb with corner posts, also made of white marble, set on a sandstone base. Inscriptions in applied metal letters are displayed on the faces of the plinth.
On the north face, the inscription reads: "ARTHUR FREDERICK CORNWELL. BORN ON 30TH DECEMBER 1887. KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE ON 29TH AUGUST 1918."
The west face states: "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."
The south face commemorates: "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."
Local climate
The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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