Original sentence: Ernest Brooks was a British photographer, best known for his pictures from the First World War, several of which have become iconic.He grew up near Windsor, and later claimed that one of his first jobs was to look after a mule given to Queen Victoria by Lord Kitchener.He originally worked for the Daily Mirror, and after the outbreak of the First World War served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.In March of the following year, he was transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office, given the honorary rank of second lieutenant and appointed the official photographer for the Western Front
Edited sentence: ) was a British photographer, best known for his pictures from the First World War, several of which have become iconic.Born on 23 February 1878, he grew up near Windsor, and later claimed that one of his first jobs was to look after a mule given to Queen Victoria by Lord Kitchener.Ernest Brooks (23 February 1878 –.He originally worked for the Daily Mirror, and after the outbreak of the First World War served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, enlisting on 25 January 1915.In 1917 he was appointed a Chevalier of the Belgian Order of the Crown.In March 1916, he was transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office, given the honorary rank of second lieutenant and appointed the official photographer for the Western Front