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Birth17 Jan 1897, Woolverstone, Suffolk
Baptism2 May 1897, St Michael, Woolverstone, Suffolk
Death28 Apr 1917, Killed in action in France
General4th s. A soldier who gave his life for his country in The Great War.
MotherSusan Jane Hicks (ca1862-ca1931)
Notes for George Snowdon Gosling
His baptism transcription:

Source Suffolk Baptism Index (Part 4)
Record set Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911
First name(s) George Snowdon
Last name Gosling
Baptism year 1897
County Suffolk
Country England
Place Woolverstone
Mother's first name(s) Susan
Father's first name(s) George
Baptism date 02 May 1897
Parish St Michael
Father's occupation Blacksmith
Residence Woolverstone
Notes bn 17 Jan
Entry No 740
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His birth index:

First name(s) GEORGE SNOWDON
Last name GOSLING
Birth year 1897
Birth quarter 1
Mother's maiden name Troup  [Sic but an obvious error]
District Samford
County Suffolk
Country England
Volume 4A
Page 902
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
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His death in WW1, recorded on the CWGC site:

Private
GOSLING, GEORGE SNOWDEN

Service Number 15191

Died 28/04/1917

Aged 20

7th Bn.
Suffolk Regiment

Son of George and Susan Jane Gosling, of 64, Station St., Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk.
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Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL

Location: Pas de Calais, France
Number of casualties: 34816

Cemetery/memorial reference: Bay 4.
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