He was reburied in the same cemetery and not too far from his second resting place. He wasn't to rest in total peace until three years later because shortly afterwards, they opened the grave to bury his father, Eli, who had died of bronchitis whilst on active service also in 1916. Three years later in 1919, his dearest mother Lily was also laid to rest in the grave. This ceremonial naval funeral had attracted much attention throughout the land and manifested itself in many different ways. One of them was to start a Cornwell Memorial Fund, the proceeds of which would provide a ward in the Star and Garter Home at Richmond Surrey, for disabled soldiers, |
Marked on John's (Jack's) grave stone are the details of his parents. His fathers name and details are correct, but his mother's are not, and Wikipedia, for example, have taken the names from the grave stone at face value.The name used for the mother is that of Alice and you can see that was Eli's first wife. It should have been Lily as shown for the second marriage. |