My old school had four pairs of brothers serving in the RAF:
- The Cheetham family lost two sons - one in Bomber Command, the other in the Desert Air Force;
- The Hoggard family lost one son; the other won a DFC;
- The Pextons also lost one son; the other won an AFC as aninstructor in Canada and then a DFC in Bomber Command;
- One of the Purdon brothers was lost in Bomber Command, the other in a flying accident as a staff pilot at a training unit for navigators.
I suspect such multiple losses were more numerous in the Army; either way, the effect on the families much have been dreadful.