Harry was born on 18 April 1881, the eldest child of Martha Barton. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.
Bernard was the eldest son of Arthur and Eva Eliza Ann (nee Smith) Covington, born on 23 July 1883 at Ashwell, Hertfordshire. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.
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.