Edith and John married in January 1916 in Kensington.

It is likely that he went off to war, as Edith then had an affair with William Risbridger resulting in Pauline being born in 1918.

There is an Edith M Brooker Lived in Chelsea in 1920 87, Onslow Dwellings - a group up tenement buildings that had been renovated by the Council - with John Frederick Brooker, and William Richardson married Edith in Brentford in 1920.

No further information found about John Frederick Brooker.