Voluntary Aid Detachment page Gladys Fleming Surgical Nursing Duties Gladys Violet Fleming was born on 4th October 1891 to William Daniel and Emily Fleming nee Payant. She was baptised on 19th October 1895. William was a woollen stuff goods manufacturer and merchant from Glasgow, Emily was from Manchester. They had 12 children, two of…
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VAD Annie Hartley
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie Hartley Clerk Early life: Annie Hartley was the youngest of two children, born on 18th August 1884 to William, of Keighley, and Sally Hartley of Oakworth/Haworth. She had an older brother, Joseph, who was seven years her senior. In 1891 the family lived at 16 Edward Street in Bingley. William…
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VAD Mary Jane Foster
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Mary Jane Foster Probationer Nurse, St. John's Ambulance Brigade Mary Jane Foster was born on 22nd August 1888 and baptised on 28th October of that year at All Saints Church, Bingley. She was the oldest of five children of Jonas and Martha Ann Foster, both of Bingley. [caption id="attachment_8890" align="aligncenter" width="300"]…
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VAD Edith Cowling
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Edith Cowling Probationer Nurse, Member S.J.A.B. Edith Jane Cowling was the oldest of three children born to Joh Cowling, a brewer's drayman originally from Pateley Bridge, and Annie Cowling nee Withers, from Harbury in Staffordshire. She was born on 12th December 1891 in Keighley. Her younger siblings were Joseph (born 1898)…
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VAD Annie Evelyn Read
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie Evelyn Read Surgical Nursing Duties, Nursing Member Annie Evelyn Read was the oldest of three children born to James Edward Read, a mechanic and mortice chain maker and Caroline Susan Read nee Holmes, both of Bingley. She was born 19th October 1895. Her younger siblings were Jane Elizabeth (1898) and…
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