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A medal set comprising British War Medal (Major WS Gosling), South Africa medal with 4 clips (Captain WS Gosling Scots Guards) (including dress medal), a military OBE, first type (unnamed), and a cased Scots Guards brooch. together with a further British War medal and Victory medal set with matching dress set (Lt Col Hon. V.A.F.V. Russell RAF) William Sullivan Gosling was the husband of Lady Victoria Alexandrina Alberta Kerr, the 5th daughter of Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Victoria Montagu-Douglas-Scott. In addition to being an army officer he was also a footballer who competed as a member of Upton Park football team in the 1900 Paris Olympic Games, winning a gold medal there.

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