This memorial is at the Aldridge War Memorial, Staffordshire
Captain, Charles George BONNER
29th December 1884 - 7th February 1951
Plaque inlaid in a small rock bolder shaped as a triangle. The plaque reads.
In memory of
Captain, Charles George BONNER (Gus)
V.C., D.S.C., R.N.R.
An Aldridge man awarded the Victoria Cross
for conspicuous Gallantry in action with an enemy submarine on board HMS Dunraven, 8th August 1917.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_George_Bonner
http://www.aldridge-web.com/listings/102.html
Awarded in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry and consummate coolness and skill, in action with an enemy submarine. This officer, after being blown out of his control station by the explosion of a depth charge due to shell fire, crawled back into the 4 inch gun hatch with the guns crew. They then remained at their posts with a fire raging in the poop below and the deck getting red hot, knowing all the time that they would be blown up as the secondary supply and magazine were immediately below. When the explosion took place, the gun was shifted bodily, and the guns crew blown up in the air, one man being blown overboard, but fortunately none of them were killed, and only four wounded. Lieut. Bonner, although wounded himself, did what he could for two who were with him in the wardroom.
