Edward Doyle was born in Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Ireland in 1897. He was one of 8 children born to Michael Doyle and his wife Katie.

Having enlisted into The Royal Dublin Fusiliers he arrived in the Balkans on 2 August 1915. During this time 1st Battalion were involved in the Gallipoli Campaign. The battalion relocated to the Western Front in March 1916 and Cpl Doyle was wounded on the Somme in August 1916.

The battalion took part in the Battle of Arras and the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917 and were in the Somme region once more during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. 

On 8 August 1918 the Allies launched what became known as the 100 Days Offensive near Amiens, France, the stalemate of the Western Front ended and the German Army was forced to retreat. It was during this phase of the fighting, as Allied forces moved east out of the Ypres Salient in Belgium when Cpl Doyle was killed.

At 5.30am on 28 September 1918, 1st Battalion The Royal Dublin Fusiliers followed the 1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers into attack. At 10.45am the Dublin Fusiliers were ordered to march down the Menin Road. At 6pm on 29 September 1918 the advance continued. They encountered considerable machine gun fire from the left flank and their progress was slow. At 8.30am the battalion took up positions around two kilometres east of Geluveld.

Cpl Doyle was killed on 28 September 1918. He was 21 years old. However, he was listed as missing following the fighting and was commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

His remains were recovered after the war and buried in CWGC Hooge Crater Cemetery as an unknown soldier of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Thanks to research submitted to the CWGC, Cpl Doyle's final resting place was formally identified after further research by the CWGC, the National Army Museum and MOD JCCC.

His grave was rededicated with full military honours on 11 July 2024 at CWGC Hooge Crater Cemetery and his new Commission headstone will be cared for in perpetuity.