and every family dreaded receiving one. and this family in north london received four. the medallions all look the same, but look closely. the christian names are different. the family's loss made it into the newspaper with a patriotic headline sons who upheld the traditions of a fighting family from left to right, burt, leo, harry and george. >> two of them died within the same week, which for my grandmother, you just think how did she cope. >> reporter: the oldest boy, george, went down with his ship after it hit a sea mine off ireland in 1915. he was 26 and left a widow. burt, an army private, was killed in action in what is now turkey again in 1915. he was 21.