Edward Lovekin, born on 7th October 1894, was admitted to King Edward’s School in January 1910, having previously attended Edgbaston Preparatory School. He was the only child of Emma, a widow, of 94, High Street, Harborne (and later of 74, Carless Avenue, Harborne). His late father, Joseph, had been a boat-builder.
At School, Edward’s strongest subjects were French and German. He does not appear in the School magazines, suggesting that he did not have a noteworthy athletic career.
In August 1917, Edward enlisted as a Private Soldier in the Army Service Corps. He reached the rank of Lance-Corporal in 1918, serving at the Base Supply Depot in Constantinople (now Istanbul). He died of fever in Constantinople on 27th February 1919, aged twenty-four, and is buried in Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey. Edward left his estate of £1,786 to his mother Emma.