Orders, Decorations and Medals

Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul (910 Actg. Bomr. T. Bonner, F/A R.H.A.) very fine
£350-400

Thomas Bonner was born in Waddington, Lincolnshire. An Upholsterer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 30 December 1873, aged 19 years, 3 months. Served in India, October 1876-March 1888 and again, October 1889-March 1894. Attained the rank of Company Sergeant-Major in February 1895. Discharged at his own request in May 1898. Employed as a Drill Instructor, he attested again in March 1900, serving at home until July 1901. With the start of the Great War he attested once more, in September 1914, then aged 59 years. As C.S.M. at No. 4 Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery, he served at Home, September 1914-August 1917, finally being discharged as physically unfit for further service. Thomas Bonner died at Beccles on 28 June 1920. With a folder containing a quantity of copied service papers.