Edward was born in 1883 and served with ‘A’ Coy, 1/6th Battalion and arrived in France on the 28th February 1915. It was in 1915 when he was wounded on the 13/14th of October 1915 during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt.  

He was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry and good work when his party was detailed to carry out a raid on ‘Talus’ (German Lines) near Bellacourt on the night of the 28th/29th July 1916. The London Gazette is dated 11th November 1916. He later transferred to the Labour Corps as a Sergeant with the number 20664 and was discharged on the 6th March 1919.