Cecil Gosling

Major Cecil Gosling MC TD was an English cricketer. The nephew of R. Cunliffe Gosling, he attended Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He made five first-class appearances in 1929 and 1930, three for Oxford University and two for Essex.
During the Second World War, Gosling served in the Essex Yeomanry and was awarded a Military Cross in 1945. In 1949 he became a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex and later served as Justice of the Peace in the county. His death was as a result of suicide by firearm having suffered with a severe illness.