Charles J Bott was born in about 1896, and joined the D Company, 6th Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment as a Private, number 3457 before transferring to the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry on its formation in 1916.

The Press article has him belonging to the RIR, and listed as missing.

However 2531 Private Charles Bott of the RGLI was found to have been killed in action on 13 April 1918 at the battle of the Lys. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Ploegsteert memorial in Belgium.

Jack C. Bott was born in about 1899, so was only 15 when war broke out. However he joined the RGLI on formation, and served as a Bugler, service number 1322. He was wounded in December 1917 at Cambrai and invalided to England on 13 December. He was awarded the Discharge Badge, often called the Silver War Badge or Silver Wounds Badge.

The youngest son, Archibald H Bott, born in 1900, is Boy Telegraphist H Bott, listed in the Press article. The National Archives has a record for Archibald Hector Bott, d.o.b. 2 May 1900, Service number J/58012. He is shown in naval uniform in the article, but described as being in the Royal Engineers. However telegraphists were part of the Signals section of the Engineers branch of the Royal Navy.

He joined up in August 1916, and after serving through the war as a boy, qualified as a telegraphist on his eighteenth birthday. He continued to serve until July 1919, when he was invalided out suffering from phthisis, or tuberculosis, gaining his King's Certificate on 2 March 1920.