Joseph William Gosling

A Deck Hand with H.M. Trawler George Borthwick, Joseph died on 24th of December 1918 aged 25. 

Joseph was born at Pakefield on 7 April 1895, a son of Thomas George and Caroline Mary Ann Gosling. In 1901 Joseph, and his parents, were resident at the Union Workhouse, Oulton. His mother died in 1905 and his father in 1908. On 26 October 1908 he became a pupil at Saint Margaret’s School and at the time he lived with his brother Henry at 20 Saint Margaret’s Road. 

In 1911 Joseph was the Fourth Hand on the trawler Rose of Devon at Padstow. In January 1916 he was a Deck Hand on the trawler Loch Tay. 

When Joseph joined the Royal Naval Reserve he gave his next of kin as his landlady, Agnes Cole, of 7 Frances Terrace, Kirkley Run, but after his death his war gratuity was paid to his brother Henry who was living at Pierrepoint, Kirkley Cliff (now part of the Hotel Victoria). 

Joseph joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 9 April 1917. He served with the trawler George Borthwick 

Joseph died from pneumonia at the Isolation Hospital, Lowestoft.