Sidney was the second son of George and Julia (nee Lee) Chapman, born in Ashwell on 4th September 1886. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell, Hertfordshire.
William was born at Marylebone, London on 16 January 1896, the eldest son of William and Elizabeth (nee Kirbyshire) Huffer. The family moved to Ashwell when William was about ten so he would have been a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.
Frederick Charles was the eldest son of Frederick Page and Edith Amy Hardy, born on 24 April 1883 at Worcester, Worcestershire.
Arthur was born in the 1st quarter 1894 at Ashwell, Hertfordshire, the only son of Charles and Catherine (nee Smith) Worboys. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell, and by all accounts was a very colourful character.