Lieutenant Edwin McLean Pilkey trained with the 24th Kent Regiment, Chatham, and also with the Montreal Home Guards Artillery.

Lieutenant Edwin McLean Pilkey went overseas with the 186th Battalion March 26th, 1917, transferring to the 1st Battalion, France. He was returned to England with trench fever.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources

Chatham Daily Planet (04-12-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (01-12-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (15-10-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (02-02-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (09-10-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (17-01-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (18-01-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (20-01-1919), St. Andrews United Church - Roll of Honour - Chatham, Victor Lauriston - Romantic Kent - The Story of a County 1626-1952

Height	5'11"
Eye Colour	Blue Grey
Age	24
Complexion	Fair
Hair	Fair
Race	White
Birthplace	Chatham, Ontario
Religion	Presbyterian
Last Place of Employment	Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec.
Marital Status	Single
When Enlisted	November 1915
Where Enlisted	Chatham, Ontario
Next of Kin	Father- Albert E. Pilkey, Chatham.

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