Frederick H. Varley Frederick H. Varley (1881-1969) was born in Sheffield, England and moved to Canada in 1912. With the onset of the First World War, like other members of the Group of Seven, Varley enlisted. On February 7, 1918, he was given the honorary rank of captain and in late March he left for England. While working as an artist for the Canadian War Records Department Varley crossed the ...