Howard Herbert Gosling (b1924)

Howard Herbert Gosling, the son of Sidney George Gosling and Elizabeth Jones, was born in 1924 in Walsall, West Midlands. On leaving school he began work as a printer's apprentice. When he was eighteen he went to work on a farm and later became a gardener. His last job before retirement was at Walsall Arboretum.

He married Jean Evelyn Simmonds in 1955 in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. Jean was born in Areley Kings, Worcestershire and on leaving school went to work as a bookkeeper.

Together they had the following children:

• Stephen Robert Gosling (b1956)
• Andrew John Gosling (b1960)
• Judith Ann Gosling (b1967)