FB served as a clerk at Gosling’s Branch of Barclays
Bank, 19 Fleet Street, London EC4 in 1940-41 while waiting to be old enough to enlist
as a pilot in the RAFVR (which he later did).
Gosling’s Branch was formerly the
independent Gosling’s Bank.
It used the sign of the Three
Squirrels, which is still displayed at 19 Fleet Street.
FB’s brief account of his bank service
is included in the BBC WW2 People’s War archive.
When leaving the bank to join the RAFVR, FB was given a reference.
