Edward was born in India, where his father, also Edward George Goodwin, was stationed with the 6th Dragoon Guards. His mother was Clarissa Bouvard Cooke Goodwin. He married Elizabeth Wilson Bowman in June 1910 and they had three sons before he entered WW1. Following the war, four more sons and a daughter would be born. Edward was a consciencious objector, being opposed to war he enlisted in the RAMC as a way to serve his country without compromising his principles. He entered the war in France on 19th December 1915. Due to the phsychological and physical injuries that Edward endured during WW1, he was hospitalised in the facility at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh until well into 1919. He died having never fully recovered from the trauma he sustained during the war. [Information kindly provided by family]