Family Search: When Private Edward Goodier was born on 2 December 1882, in Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Goodier, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ellen Wilkinson, was 34. He immigrated to Canada in 1914 and lived in Witton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as car builder. He died on 24 November 1915, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 32, and was buried in Voormezele, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Son of William and Mary Ellen Goodier, of 101, Middlewich Rd., Northwich, England.
ST. THOMAS SOLDIER KILLED IN FLANDERS
Special to The Toronto World.
ST. THOMAS, Ont., Dec. 7.– Official notification was received in St. Thomas today that Private Edward Goodier of the 18th Battalion had been killed in action. Private Goodier enlisted in St. Thomas. He was born in Norwich Eng., 32 years ago.Two St. Thomas soldiers, Privates John A. Fenn and Harry Brebner, who had been invalided home, arrived in town today.
The recruiting for the 91st Battalion of St. Thomas was continued with 28 recruits enlisting today. Among them was a former St. Thomas boy, Roderick Mackenzie Stewart, who came from Peru, Indiana, to enlist in his home town.
Mrs. John A. Sterling, 74, mother of Daniel M.Sterling, manager of the Bell Telephone Company, St. Thomas, died today after a brief illness.
Source: Source: The Toronto World. December 8, 1915.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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