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  1. Portrait of Boy (1st Class) Jack Cornwell VC, 1916. © IWM (Q 20883) Shortly after the battle, reports of Jack Cornwell's bravery began to appear in the press. On 7 July 1916, the Daily Sketch featured him on their cover with the headline 'Boy Hero of the Naval Battle'. This portrait photograph of him was used to illustrate many of the reports.

  2. Victoria Cross. John Travers Cornwell VC (8 January 1900 – 2 June 1916), commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, is remembered for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland during World War I. Having died at the age of only 16, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy ...

  3. Oct 28, 2003 · In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed, Cornwell combines the rigorous discipline of twenty-first century police investigation with forensic techniques undreamed of during the late Victorian era to solve one of the most infamous and difficult serial murder cases in history.

  4. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed (ISBN 0-425-19273-3) is a 2002 nonfiction book by crime novelist Patricia Cornwell that presents the theory that Walter Sickert, a German-British painter, was the 19th-century serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.

  5. Jun 2, 2016 · John Travers Cornwell VC commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry on board HMS Chester. Although buried at Manor Park cemetery in London, his memory lives on at the Royal Navy training base, in Cornwall, where his portrait, painted by the society artist Frank Salisbury ...

  6. Nov 11, 2002 · Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper--Case Closed Hardcover – November 11, 2002. by Patricia Cornwell (Author) 4.5 878 ratings. See all formats and editions.

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