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 Jane Baker
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Jane Baker Surgical Nursing Duties Born on 15th October 1883, Jane Elizabeth Baker was the daughter of William and Jane Baker nee Silverwood. She was baptised on 18th November that year at St. Peter's Church in Keighley. [caption id="attachment_9051" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Jane Elizabeth Baker's baptism record[/caption] William was a stonemason,…
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VAD Clara Jones
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Clara Jones Nursing Clara Jones was born on 29th December 1880 to David Smith Jones of Elslack and Mary Jones nee Whipp of Colne. She was one of at least five children - her older sisters were Annie and Catherine, younger sister Margaret and younger brother David Smith Junior. At the…
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VADs Edith and Annie Laycock
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Edith and Annie Laycock Nursing Edith and Annie were the youngest of three daughters born to William and Annie Isabella Laycock, nee Rennie, both of Keighley. William had been a farmer and leather currier but appears to have retired, relatively young, before his daughters were born. The oldest of the girls…
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VAD Doris Varley
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Doris Varley Nurse Doris Varley was the middle of three children born to William Sagar and Martha Alice Varley. She was born on 2nd July 1896 and baptised 26th August of that year at Ingrow, Keighley. [caption id="attachment_8684" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Doris Varley's baptism record[/caption] She had an older brother, Frederick…
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