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Name: GOSLING, Samuel Bucknell
Nee: bro of John Thomas Gosling
Birth Date: 1871 Cooksbridge, Sussex
Death Date: 18.6.1952 Basingstoke
Nationality: British
First Date: 1897
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Eastbourne 14 Apr 1898 Annie Maria Taylor b. 15 June 1869, d. 23 Aug 1943 Romsey, Hampshire
Children: Dorothy Lucy (1899); Willoughby Norman (28 July 1902 Eastbourne-1986); Aubrey Leonard (1903 Eastbourne-1922 Swindon); Eileen Marjorie (1903)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, North, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1907
War Service: SA War medal 4 clasps
General Information:
Became Postmaster-General of the Gold Coast
EAHB 1905 has S.B. Gosling - Asst. Postmaster General, Mombasa. Imperial Post Office, 1899; Asst. Postmaster General, EA and Uganda Protectorates, 1904; South African Medal (4 clasps).
Drumkey 1909 - Post & Telegraph Dept. - Asst. Postmaster-General - S.B. Gosling
North - Formerly 'sorting clerk & telegraphist' Eastbourne; Asst. Postmaster General EAP 10-8-1904; Local agent for the Nairobi Agricultural Show, Sept 1905; 1906 at Mombasa
EAHB 1907 - Asst. Postmaster General - Mombasa
Judicial Officer and Town Magistrate 1899, Judge and Administrator-General 1900, he was later a Judge at Zanzibar and Court Judge, EA, in 1902 [CN doubtful that this is the same person - info comes from Gillett, who seems to have confused him with his brother.]