List of Personnel
| Family | |
| Jess | his wife and Barry’s mother, married in 1938 |
| Barry | son, aged 11 weeks when the diary opens |
| Poppet | Barry! |
| Dorothy | eldest sister |
| Marjorie | sister |
| Tod or Toddy | brother |
| Kath, (Kathleen) | youngest sister |
| Fred | husband of Marjorie |
| Olive | wife of Toddy |
| Bob | first husband of Kath, killed in action |
| John, Johnny | Jess’s young brother |
| Haydn Dewey | Haydn Dewey was Trevor’s cousin, on his father’s side, and a Church of England vicar. |
| Aunt Gert (Gertrude) | Mother of Haydn. |
| Ernest Bland and Phyllis Lambert (Phyl) | Ernest was a L/Cpl with the 7th Battalion, The Kings own Royal Regiment, India Command. Ernest was engaged (later married) to Phyllis Lambert, Jess’s cousin on her mother’s side. |
| Friends and colleagues | |
| Garsden | Pre and post-war work colleague from Edison and Swan Electric Company (Ediswan), Trevor’s boss |
| Stan and Dora Smith | Close and life-long friends. They shared a very deep love of classical music with Jess and Trevor. |
| Cornelese family | Dutch family from Eindhoven. Befriended Trevor from 8th October 1944, when they first provided hospitality for Trevor and other troops. |
| Wilfrid (Wilf) Colclough | A close friend of Trevor’s, who wrote to him frequently. They shared an active interest in politics, and had similar opinions. |
| Army | |
| Lt Francis | 15 troop leader |
| Tpr. Johnny (“Tiger”) Boland | Driver in Trevor’s crew until wounded along with Bill Geary at Crèvecoeur on 20th August 1944. Subsequently transferred to TDU. |
| Cpl Bill Geary | Wireless operator and loader in Trevor’s crew from 9th July 1944 until wounded along with Johnny Boland at Crèvecoeur on 20th August 1944. |
| Trp. Dave Slade | Co-driver in Trevor’s crew. |
| L/cpl Ted Pestell | Gunner in Trevor’s crew until transferred to Mr Francis’ tank in November 1944. |
| Tpr. Derek Pedder | Wireless operator and co-driver in Trevor’s crew |
| Tpr. Eric Ward | Driver in Trevor’s crew, replaced Boland. |
| Crick | Gunner in Trevor’s crew, replaced Pestell from end of November 1944. |
| Sgt Dicky Hall | Fellow C Squadron tank commander and friend |
| Jimmy and Jess Aldcroft | Friend of Trevor’s in B Squadron, injured on 10th July 1944. Jimmy’s wife became a wartime friend of Trevor’s wife. |