Born Goodmanham, Yorkshire, 11/03/1895. Resided Market Weighton, Yorkshire. Enlisted Hull. Son of James and Ann Gosley, of Goodmanham Market Weighton, Yorks. He had four brothers and four sisters.
Enlisted Hull. Formerly 15896, Coldstream Guards. Transferred to the Guards 4th Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action, on 05/12/1917, aged 22. Buried France. His grave inscription reads, “MISSED MOST BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST”
He is commemorated on the Thornganby WW1 Memorial, in St Helens Church, Main Street, Thornganby and the Market Weighton Memorial.
His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, Friday, 14th December 1917 – “James Gosley, of Goodmanham, Market Weighton, has received news of the death in Flanders of the younger of their two soldier sons, Private Leonard Gosley, Coldstream Guards. Prior to joining in the early months of the war he was engaged as a boot maker’s apprentice with his uncle at West Cottingwith. It is understood he was engaged in his trade as bootmaker, when an enemy shell struck his workshop, killing him instantly.”
| Name | Leonard Gosley |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Goodmanham, Yorkshire, 11/03/1895 |
| Residence | Market Weighton, Yorkshire |
| Death Date | 5 Dec 1917 |
| Death Place | Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Nord, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorkshire |
| Rank | Guardsman. |
| Regiment | Guards Machine Gun Regiment |
| Battalion | 4th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 529 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 15896, Coldstream Guards. |
