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hunter, there still remains to be told his record as a soldier 

 and athlete, and for this I cannot do better than quote the 

 nice appreciation that appeared in the Rifle Brigade Chronicle 

 for 1906. 



CAPTAIN G. B. GOSLING 



" George Bennett Gosling was the fourth son of the late 

 Robert Gosling, Esquire, of Hassobury, Essex, by his marriage 

 with Eleanor Spencer, daughter of the late Spencer Smith, 

 Esquire, and was born August 26, 1872. He was educated 

 at Eton and the Royal Mihtary College, Sandhurst. 



" Entering Mr. Radcliffe's house at Eton in January 

 1886, he soon showed that aptitude for games of all kinds 

 that has made his family— seven brothers in all — rank in 

 the annals of Eton with those of Studd, Lyttelton and 

 Lubbock. In the Cricket XI 1889 and 1890, the latter year 

 captain, he kept wicket for the school ; in the same year he 

 was in the Football XI, being Keeper-of-the-Field in 1890, 

 in which year his House won the Football Cup. He was a 

 remarkably fine football player. It will also be of interest 

 to old Etonians to remind them that he was President of 

 ' Pop.' He passed into Sandhiirst in December 1890. 

 During his leave in the summer of 1891, he played cricket 

 twice for Essex. He received his first commission in 

 the Rifle Brigade, March 12, 1892, being posted to 3rd 

 Battalion, and joining it at JuUundur in the Punjab. He 

 became Lieutenant April 2, 1894. 



" Gosling first saw active service in the North West Frontier 

 Campaign of 1897-1898 with the Tochi Field Force. Having 



