This man is a candidate for addition to Keighley's Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to the Main page Supported by the National Lottery's Heritage Fund, our project intends to submit about 120 names for peer review to…
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Private Fenton Stell
Private Fenton Stell, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Regimental number 5708. Served between 1849 and 1872 and during the Crimean War. Early life: Fenton was born in Keighley in 1826. His parents were Smith and Mary Stell and they were living at Greenwood place when Fenton was baptised on the 27th August, probably at St. Andrew's…
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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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