Source: September 1916 K.I.A.
Family Search: When Private Edward Brook was born on 26 October 1894, in Teignmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Brook, was 43 and his mother, Gertrude Mary Prime, was 26. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as chauffeur. He died on 15 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 21, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
May have been born 1894.
Son of Mrs. Gertrude Brook, of 68, Glamorgan St., Pimlico, London, England.
This soldier enlisted at Lindsay, Ontario with the 39th Battalion on March 4, 1915. At 23-years-old he was a chauffeur who has no prior military experience.
He arrived in England on July 3, 1915 and was transferred to the 18th Battalion on September 10, 1915, probably in order to bring it to full strength as it was slated to be transferred with the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division to France and service in Belgium.
On September 15, 1915, he arrived in France and began the next step of his military service.
He served in Belgium and France and was wounded on June 7, 1916, with a GSW to his right finger and back. This wound was minor and he was back on duty with the Battalion on June 9, 1916.
He served with the battalion until his death due to enemy action. He was originally posted “Missing” but it was determined he was “Killed in Action.”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 