TY  - GEN
AU  - Eldridge, Jim
TI  - Standing Alone
T2  - My True Story
SN  - 9781407117829
KW  - Tragedy
KW  - Non-Fiction
KW  - Biography
KW  - First World War
N2  - He was only fifteen when he enlisted in the navy without his father's permission. He was only sixteen when he died at Grimsby General Hospital with splinters of steel in his chest. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest sea battle since the Armada. Jack Cornwell was awarded a posthumous Victorian Cross for staying, seriously wounded, at his post on the HMS Chester. This is the tragic true story of one of the youngest heroes of World War I
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