Jack Bonser

Jack Bonser was born in 1898 the son of William, a plumber, and Mary Bonser (née Garton). His father was born in 1862 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, his mother in 1860 at Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Married in 1897 at Nottingham, their daughter Annie was born in 1901 at Nottingham.In 1911, they lived at 7, Argyle Street, Radford, Nottingham.

Jack Bonser enlisted at Nottingham and died of wounds in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Grave Reference: O 13

In Memoriam published on 21st November 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “BONSER. – In loving memory of our dear son and brother Jack, who died of wounds in Cairo, November 21st, 1917. – Mother and sister.” Notice courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918