Typed transcript of the letter by Basil Mogridge
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A transcript of the letter sent by Basil Mogridge to Joan on 17 September 1915 describing his life in the trenches, being buried alive during an attack, men being wounded, and the story of the miraculous survival of a cake.
Basil Fullelove West Mogridge
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A digital photograph of the third panel of the School House memorial boards.
Oakham School
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Letters and photographs from and of the Scott family members.
Penny Underwood
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A digital photograph of the pediment above the entrance doors on the West front of the Memorial Chapel. The inscription reads: "This Chapel is erected to the Glory of God and in memory of the Old Oakhamians who fell in the Great War 1914-1918".
Oakham School
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Photographs and documents relating to Launcelot John Austen Dewar and his brother David Dewar.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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A digital photograph of the carving of "Temperantia" on the West front of the Memorial Chapel.
Oakham School
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A digital photograph of the second panel of the School House memorial boards.
Oakham School
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A digital photograph of the School House memorial board, honouring the Old Oakhmians who fell in the First World War.
Oakham School
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A group of photographs of the Memorial boards in School House, including details of five panels with the names of Old Oakhamians who died in the First World War.
Oakham School
Letter from Peter F. Wynter Bee to the School Bursar
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A letter from Peter F. Wynter Bee to the School Bursar, sending a copy of Basil Mogridge's letter to the school. Peter Wynter Bee found the letter in his grandmother's belongings. Basil had sent Joan a letter from the front during the First World War on 17 September 1915.
Peter F. Wynter Bee