Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Alfred Henry Bromwich a hosiery warehouseman, born 8th February 1870 in Birmingham, Warwickshire and his wife Rose Amelia Bromwich (nee Bailey married in the July quarter of 1893 in Hinckley, Leicestershire), born in the July quarter of 1871 in Hinckley. Edgar John Henry, was born in the July quarter of 1895 in Hinckley, he had one sibling, a brother Bernard James, born in the July quarter of 1898 in Hinckley, also residing with the family was his widowed maternal grandmother, Maria Bailey, born 1832 in Hinckley, in March 1901 the family home was at 1, Upper Bond Street, Cooperative Terrace, Hinckley. In April 1911 Edgar was employed as a hairdresser and was residing in the family home at 10, Chessher Street, Hinckley, together with his father, a hosiery printer, his mother and siblings, Bernard, Shirley Thomas, born in the October quarter of 1903 and Cissie Maria, born on the 14th January 1909, the latter two siblings were both born in Hinckley.
Edgar’s Army enlistment documents do not survive, all that is known of his military service is that he attested/enlisted in Coventry, Warwickshire into the Royal Artillery, was allotted the service number 128351, and posted to the Artillery Depot for training. As there is no information available relating to his movements after training, it must be assumed that having entered the theatre of war in France in August 1916, he was posted as a Driver to the 5th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Nothing further is known of his military service until he was officially recorded as having died of wounds on the 24th April 1917, he was buried in Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, Estree-Cauchy in France. Edgar was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.