Ernest Green and his twin brother Horace both died in the First World War while Ernest's son died in the Second World War. They were born in 1889 to Thomas and Hannah Green and lived at 59 Church Lane, beside the church. Ernest married Miriam in April 1915 and moved to Great Easton. He enlisted with the 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry at Market Harborough on 3 December 1915, and two months later his only son Reginald was born. Horace was the first of the twins to die on 23 August 1916 while serving in Iraq. He was 27. Ernest died two years later on the Western Front. He is buried in Bleue-Maison Military Cemetery at Eperlecques, northern France, grave A.16. Both brothers are remembered on Preston's war memorial, and on the war memorial at Great Easton where they and their mother were all living. Ernest's son Reginald is also on the war memorial. He was killed in action serving with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War when his Stirling bomber was shot down over Belgium.