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VC790   William Gosling

Name   William Gosling   No.   645112   

VC Issue No.   790   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Field Artillery, 3rd Wessex Brigade (Territorial Force)

Later   

Now   Royal Regiment of Artillery

Rank VC Won   Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Major

Place Of Birth   Wanborough, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, Summerhouse Farm, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St John the baptisit & St Helen's Churchyard Cemetery Extension, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   West side

Gazetted   14 June 1917

VC Presented   21 July 1917, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St John the baptisit & St Helen's Churchyard Cemetery Extension, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England

P  VC Display, Royal British Legion, Endless Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire

P  Named Victoria Cross Memorial, Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London

By The Way…

He served in the forces off and on from 1902 South Africa until he retired in 1941

VC Held By

Privately held

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BORN   15 August 1892

DIED   12 February 1945   AGE   53

VC Won   5 April 1917   AGE   24

Place VC Won   Near Arras, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1917