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This poem refers to the battle of Jutland and the boy sailor John Cornwell, not Kipling's son John who was never refered to as Jack.
That seems unlikely if the poem was written in 1915 as Jack Cornwell died in June 1916 from wounds sustained in the Battle of Jutland. While Cornwell was a sailor and the poem makes frequent reference to the sea, Cornwell died and was buried in England and so there was no doubt over what had happened to him, unlike Kipling's son. The references to the sea probably allude to the fact that in those days France was really only accessible by ship from England and it took some time for news to reach the families of those serving in France/Belgium. Mztourist (talk) 13:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
When was Jack born? Does he deserve an article to himself? Drutt 17:11, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If he was 18 when he died in 1915, he must have been born in 1896 or 1897. Its not clear whether he is a notable subject, other than because of who his father was. Mztourist (talk) 13:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
