The John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave Marker

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."