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The Dog & Gun was situated on he corner of Mill Lane and Cobden Street. This pub closed in the 1960s.

Source: David Fisher

Henry Isaac White was born in 1862. He was one of twelve children, all but one of whom were born in Forton Road, Gosport. When Henry left the navy he and his wife Mary Maslen moved back to Gosport where he became the publican of The Dog and Gun. After Henry’s brother Charles died, his daughters Harriet and Ellen moved from Clapham to live with their aunt and uncle. On the 1901 census they were described as barmaids in the Dog and Gun. Harriet and Ellen continued to live and work with their aunt and uncle until they each married. In the 19th and early 20th century it was common practice to use a pub as the venue for inquests. In September 1904 the Hampshire Telegraph reported an inquest that was held at the Dog and Gun into the death of Charlotte Knight who had died during childbirth. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. Three of Henry White’s siblings were also publicans. Isaac White was the licensed victualler of the Britannia in Forton Road and Thomas White was the beer retailer at the Elm Tree which was also in Forton Road. In 1907 Albert Hamper, husband of Elizabeth White, was the licencee of the Rising Sun in Fareham and five years later Julia Filleul nee White became the licencee.

Joan Dickson (August 2021)

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