Background
He was born in Southampton, on 19 January 1869, the child of Arthur Osmond (1828-1895) and Matilda Bartrum (1837-1919).
He was born in Southampton, on 19 January 1869, the child of Arthur Osmond (1828-1895) and Matilda Bartrum (1837-1919).
He studied at the Guildhall School of Music under Doctorate. Beardwell, Henry Gadsby, and other Masters.
He was awarded his Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1888. He was conductor of the Broadstairs and Saint Peter"s Choral Societies. Later he was conductor of the Coventry Amateur Operatic Society.
Secondly, Rosa Annie Pickering.
This marriage produced three children: Frances Noelle Osmond (1904-1965) Arthur Harold Osmond (1908-1996) Olive Mary Osmond (1909-1987) Organist at Street Peter"s Bethnal Green 1884 - 1886 Organist at Saint Barnabas" Church, Homerton 1886 - 1889 Organist at Saint Peter"s Church, Thanet 1889 - 1918 Organist at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry 1918 - ????.
