Ernest was the only son of Thomas and Clara Isabella Martin, born in the 1st quarter 1894 at Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire. The family moved to Ashwell when Ernest was a boy and he was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School there.
David was born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire 26 March 1877, eldest son of Page and Emma (nee Watson) Mayes. The early records have many different spellings of this surname. David was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.
Albert was born in Ashwell in the first quarter of 1898, the second son of Edward and Kate (nee Farr) Mole of Ashwell End, Ashwell, Hertfordshire. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell
Stanley was the eldest son of Edward and Kate (nee Farr) Mole, born at Ashwell on 26 June 1896. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylor School in Ashwell.