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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