Read letter, dated 26th August 1916, from the President and the Hon. Treasurer of the "Jack Cornwell Committee" of the Navy League, stating that it is proposed that every child should be asked to give a penny towards the Ward which it is intended to endow for disabled sailors and marines in connection with Queen Mary's "Star and Garter" Home at Richmond, as a permanent memorial to this gallant lad.

RESOLVED-That permission be granted for a collection to be taken from the children in aid of this object.

Source: South Shields Council Minutes July/August 1916 page 172

The Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20/09/1916 reports:
"Jack Cornwell, V.C.
Arrangements have been made for Thursday next, the 21st inst., to be celebrated in the elementary schools of Great Britain as 'Jack Cornwell Day', in honour of the boy hero of the Battle of Jutland, who has just been awarded a posthumous V.C. The story of the life and death of the valiant sailor-boy will be told to the children, and the splendid example which he has set to the boys and girls of the Empire will be pointed out by the teachers. Collection will be made in the schools to endow a 'Jack Cornwell, V.C.' ward for disabled sailors and marines at the Star and Garter Hospital at Richmond. Seven million stamps, containing a picture of the boy hero, have been supplied to the schools, and every child subscribing a penny will be given a stamp as a memento. A large picture of the battle-scene on H.M.S. Chester, as described by one of Cornwell's wounded comrades, will be supplied to all schools subscribing £1 and upwards to the fund. Her Majesty the Queen has expressed her warm interest and sympathy with the project, and over two hundred Education Authorities are co-operating heartily in the appeal which promises to be a great success. Full particulars can be obtained from Admiral Lord Beresford, hon. treasurer, 'Jack Cornwell' Committee, The Navy League, 47 Gorsvenor Square, W.