Career
Gosling was a twenty-four years old sergeant in the 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, during the First World War. On 5 April 1917 near Arras, France, a bomb was fired by the Stokes Mortar from Sergeant Gosling"s battery. lieutenant had a faulty cartridge, and fell ten yards from the mortar near front-line infantry.
Sergeant Gosling, after discussion with his battery and on vehement demands from the infantry, left the trench, lifted the nose of the bomb which had sunk into the ground, unscrewed the fuse and threw it on the ground where it immediately exploded.
This action undoubtedly saved the lives of the whole detachment. During World World War II he served as a major in the Home Guard.
He died aged 52.