Alfred Bonner

He enlisted 8th December 1915 in the 12th (Pioneer) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment, (of Wiper's Times fame), serving with C. Company, probably under Lord Derby's Scheme for men standing 5' 4" and weighing 134 lbs.
He landed in France on the 16th August 1916 and was wounded in action twice.
Admission : 7th June 1917 with a gunshot wound to the right hand.
Discharged back to service on the 16th June 1917.
Listed as : Wounded and missing on : War Office Daily casualty List Number : 5331 : Dated : 7th August 1917 (six weeks after his death).
Entitled to wear a wound stripe under Army Order 204 dated : 6th July 1916.
Died : 25th June 1917, aged 25 years : Killed In Action by German shell fire at Sherwood Camp, Ouderdom, near ypres, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Commemorated on the Menin gate, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium.
Panel : Bay 41 : Stone : O.

News of the death was published on 11th July 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post.
" NOTTINGHAM GOLFER KILLED
News has been received in Nottingham that Private Alfred Bonner, of the Sherwood Foresters, who for several years has acted as professional at the Bulwell Forest Golf Club, has been killed in action. His Father was Station Master at Bulwell Forest Station when Bonner, as a lad, became assistant to Walter Tedder, who he succeeded in the capacity of professional. A fine player, Bonner had a capital style, and played some brilliant golf at times, notably at Hollinwell in an exhibition match two or three years ago, when he was partnered by Harry Vardon. He joined the army barely two years ago, and the news of his death will be received with keen regret by all golfers in Nottingham and the district "

Also commemorated on his Parent's headstone in St. Michael's Churchyard, Pleasley, Derbyshire