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Description: | Photocopies of various items collected by Mrs Marilda Knippel-Yuyama during her research for a Japanese TV documentary into the life of Boy J T Cornwell VC including a ts account (20pp) written by her of his life and background, his funeral in July 1916 following his death from wounds received during the Battle of Jutland (31 May 1916) where he served in the cruiser HMS CHESTER and the subsequent posthumous award of the VC, his Certificate of Service (S-495) and Certificate of General Efficiency on leaving Harbour Training (S536d), newspaper cuttings about his family and his grave, birth and death certificates for his parents and siblings together with a family tree, other biographical notes and 2 photographs.
Cataloguer NS
Catalogue date 1993-12-07 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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