Lewis Walter Varley was born on Friday 4 December 1891 in Enson, Staffordshire.

Lewis married Lily Elizabeth Mould in 1913 in Ipstones, Staffordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Lily Elizabeth Mould:

- Roy Lewis Varley	born on 22 November 1913 at Cheadle.
- George Roland Varley	born on 24 August 1917 at Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Details of Lewis's occupation are not known.

Lewis died on Friday 17 January 1958 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.