Gosselin and Gosling family members who served in World War 1

Gosselin and Gosling family members who served in the Great War

Sgt Percy Gosling, DSM

One member of the Goseelin family lost his life while serving in the armed forces and a further ten Gosselins and ten Goslings saw active service in World War 1.

The dates shown are often birth or baptism dates from our database, not necessarily those shown on service records, and parishes shown are parish of birth, where known, not the parish in which individuals were living when they joined up.

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

• Ernest John Philip Gosselin (1881-1918) son of Augustus and Jane Sophie, husband of Isabella and father of four, Private, Hampshire Regiment, killed in action on 1 October, six weeks before the end of the war Further information
• Thomas Charles Gosling (1879- ) son of Thomas and husband of Alice, Sergeant, Royal Irish Rifles, wounded twice

Sons of Thomas Henry and Louisa Jane Tabb

• Arthur Clarence Gosling (1888- ) (St H) ex-Militia, Private, RJGB
• Walter Henry Gosling (1882- ) (St H) Petty Officer RN, HMS Minerva

Sons of Edward John Gosling and Theresa Grady

• Edward Alfred Gosling (1896- ) (St H), Private, Hampshire Regiment
• Percy Stanley Gosling MM (St H), Sergeant, Machine Gun Corps - Town Hall presentation to Sgt Gosling

Sons of Charles and Emily Simmons

• Henry Charles Gosling (1886- )(St H) ex-Militia, Private, RAMC
• William Robert Gosling (1879-1946) (St H) Able Seaman RN, HMS Havelock

• William Thomas Gosling (St H), Private, Labour Corps, no local records
• Charles Emile Gosling (1881- ) (St H), Leading Stoker RN, HMS Submarine E15, no local records
• Reginald George Gosling (1897- ) (St H) son of Eliza, Private, Canada

• Alfred George Gosselin (1877- ) (St C) husband of Lilian Susan, Private, RJGB
• Arthur Gosselin (1883- ) (St H) son of David and Louisa Marquand , Chief Shipwright RN, HMS Pembroke II
• Clarence Alfred Gosselin (1888- )(St H) son of George Thomas and Louisa Susan Huelin, Sapper RE
• Frank John Augustus Gosselin (1890- ) (St C), son of Auguste and Jane, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment
• Henry Walter Gosselin (1880- ) (St C) son of Jane Sophie, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment
• J Gosselin (St C), Gunner, RGA
• Maurice Lionel Gosselin (1900- ) Ordinary Seaman RN, HMS Thunderer
• Percy Huelin Gosselin (1891- )(St H) son of George and Louisa Susan Huelin , Private, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
• Pierre Ernest Gosselin (1878- ) (St My) husband of Jeanne, Private, RAF
• William Gosselin (St C), Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps