Photograph of Alvin Whitely, at his son's wedding. Back row from left - Alvin Whiteley, his second son Geoffrey, Mr Edginton (father of bride). Front row from left - Alvin's wife Lilian, Alvin's elder son Philip, bride Marjorie Edginton, Mrs Edginton.

Photograph of Corporal Alvin Whitely, with his father Albert Edward Whiteley (Ted), mother Clara Whiteley nee Wood, and his sister Margaret Whiteley (seated).

Jack’s father was in the Royal Flying Corps and transferred into the Royal Air Force in April 1918 on its formation. Margaret’s father volunteered into the Royal Engineers at the Somme Barracks, Sheffield which he continued to visit for the rest of his life for get togethers with old comrades. He was involved in the tunneling campaigns in the Somme region that resulted in massive explosions under enemy lines, such as the Lochnagar mine detonated on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Such dangerous work was depicted recently in the book and TV adaptation of Birdsong. After the Somme, he was posted to Italy where he learned to speak Italian and developed a taste for vermouth. || A photograph of Margaret Mitchell's father and his battalion in Vicenza, Italy 1918. Note the men's mascot - a dog on the front row. Margaret's father is on the 2nd row down, 6th on the left.