A Lieutenant (sn: 166334) in the 53 (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, he was mortally wounded on 14 December 1943 during the Moro River Campaign when a mortar bomb exploded in a tree directly above his observation post and perforated his back with splinters of wood and shrapnel. He was originally buried in Vasto Military Cemetery before being exhumed and reinterred in Sangro River War Cemetery on 21 May 1944.
He was born in Willington, County Durham and before the war he was a footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for the whole of his professional career. He was made Captain of the team in 1936. He lived at 14 Lever Hall Road, Breightmet, Bolton and was married to Rebecca (née Siggee) Goslin. He was the son of Daniel George Goslin (hairdresser) and Minnie Ann (née Gray) Goslin.
He was born in Willington, County Durham and before the war he was a footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for the whole of his professional career. He was made Captain of the team in 1936. He lived at 14 Lever Hall Road, Breightmet, Bolton and was married to Rebecca (née Siggee) Goslin. He was the son of Daniel George Goslin (hairdresser) and Minnie Ann (née Gray) Goslin.
A Lieutenant (sn: 166334) in the 53 (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, he was mortally wounded on 14 December 1943 during the Moro River Campaign when a mortar bomb exploded in a tree directly above his observation post and perforated his back with splinters of wood and shrapnel. He was originally buried in Vasto Military Cemetery before being exhumed and reinterred in Sangro River War Cemetery on 21 May 1944.
He was born in Willington, County Durham and before the war he was a footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for the whole of his professional career. He was made Captain of the team in 1936. He lived at 14 Lever Hall Road, Breightmet, Bolton and was married to Rebecca (née Siggee) Goslin. He was the son of Daniel George Goslin (hairdresser) and Minnie Ann (née Gray) Goslin.
He was born in Willington, County Durham and before the war he was a footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for the whole of his professional career. He was made Captain of the team in 1936. He lived at 14 Lever Hall Road, Breightmet, Bolton and was married to Rebecca (née Siggee) Goslin. He was the son of Daniel George Goslin (hairdresser) and Minnie Ann (née Gray) Goslin.
Inscription
Lieutenant
H. Goslin
Royal Artillery
18th December 1943
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