239155 Edgar Lewis Brimacombe Canadian Expeditionary Force 44th Battalion from:Hargrave, Manitoba, Canada My great uncle, Edgar Brimacombe, was born on 26th January 1895 in Exeter, Ontario, Canada and migrated with his family to a farm just north east of a small hamlet, Hargrave, Manitoba in the early 1900s.
He enlisted with the 12th Manitoba Dragoons at the time of WW1. He was part of the 181st Battalion formed in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and was shipped over to England in early 1917. He was transferred to the 18th Reserve Battalion for training in England, and then transferred to the 44th Battalion CEF Company A.
He was shipped to the front and was injured with shrapnel in his left at the disastrous and fateful attack on the Green Crassier at Lens in France in August 1917. Edgar was shipped back to England to recover.
Once Edgar recovered from his injuries, he was shipped back to France with the 44th Battalion, A Company. He was shot through the face during the attack near Amiens in August of 1918. Edgar was sent back to England for recovery from injuries and finally sent back to Canada in 1919.
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