Voluntary Aid Detachment page Sarah Winifred Fisher Nursing Member, Surgical Nursing Duties Sarah Winifred Fisher was the only daughter of James Fisher and Margaret Fanny Taylor, of Egton – with – Newland in Ulverston, Cumbria. They had married in 1894. Sarah was born 29th September 1895, and sadly her mother died on the day that…
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VAD Agnes Quinn
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Agnes Quinn Nursing Sister The Quinn family moved from York to Keighley some time between the 1891 and 1901 census. Daniel, an iron moulder, and Elizabeth, had 12 children, three of whom died as young children. The siblings I have found records for were Walter David, Lewis, Edward, Emily, Ernest, Lawrence,…
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VAD Janet Keighley
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Janet Keighley Part Time Nursing, Member S.J.A.B. Janet Keighley was the daughter of John and Martha Keighley nee Holmes, of Whin Knowle, Keighley. They had married at Bingley Parish Church in 1858. John was a worsted weaving overlooker and farmer for most of his adult life. They had a total of…
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VAD Gladys W. Merrall
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Gladys Winifred Merrall General Service Gladys Winifred Merrall was born on 20th October 1886 in Keighley, to Arthur Gardiner Merrall, manager of a worsted mill and Susannah Elizabeth Merrall nee Heaton, who had married in 1884. She had an older brother, Reynold (who seems to have been known as Rennie at…
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VAD’s – The Scatterty Family
Voluntary Aid Detachment page The Scatterty Family [row_fluid] [span4] [caption id="attachment_7352" align="alignnone" width="204"] William Scatterty. Taken between July 1915 and July 1916 when he held the rank of Captain in the RAMC[/caption] [/span4] [span4] [caption id="attachment_7353" align="alignnone" width="198"] Agnes Scatterty MBE[/caption] IWM source: COMMANDANT MRS AGNES SCATTERTY © IWM (WWC D8-6-370) [/span4] [span4]…
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