Jack Cornford

Service: Deep Sea Fishery Boston

Parents: Mr & Mrs Cornford

Brothers:  Frederick E Cornford, A Cornford, T Cornford & W Glazier

Address: 24 Church Street, Ore

Other Info: Prisoner of War. Eight trawlers from Boston, Lincolnshire were sunk by a German flotilla led by light cruisers Rostock and Strassburg on 21st August 1914. The fishing crew were all taken prisoner before the boats were sunk. More information can be viewed here.

Published: May 1915

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