page_title: Jack Cornwell
section_title: Scouting
hierarchical_section_title: Jack Cornwell / Remembrance / Scouting
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cornwell Scout Badge may be awarded to members of many Commonwealth Scout associations for "pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty, together with great courage and endurance."
context_page_description: John Travers Cornwell VC, commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, is remembered for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland during World War One. 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 that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cornwell is the third-youngest recipient of the VC after Andrew Fitzgibbon and Thomas Flinn.
context_section_description: Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement, created an award in his honour, The Cornwell Scout Badge, which is still used by Scout associations throughout the Commonwealth. It is awarded to youth members in respect of pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty, together with great courage and endurance. Camp Cornwell, established in 1925 as the headquarters for Western Australian Sea Scouts is situated at Pelican Point on the Swan River near Perth.
caption: The Cornwell Scout Badge may be awarded to members of many Commonwealth Scout associations for "pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty, together with great courage and endurance".
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