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A letter from Colin Edgar to Dr Joe Spence, Headmaster, enclosing "The Humf Letters".
"The Humf Letters" is a work by Colin Edgar, compiling letters sent by Lt. Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey to Betty Dawes from the front during the First World War.

Two CDs containing photographs of the graves of Old Oakhamians who are buried in Commonwealth cemeteries. One CD entitled Rutland & 'The Great War A Lasting Tribute to a Great & Noble Part' and the other is entitled 'Old Oakhamians TWAPP'. The envelop is kept separate from the CDs.

Hard cover newspaper cuttings album relating to the First World War, with cuttings from "Punch" and other First World War ephemera, enclosing an Army certificate of identity of Nancy Bevan, a War Office letter regarding the resignation of Captain John Neville Buchanan, the Commission in Grenadier Guards of Second Lieutenant John Neville Buchanan and President Wilson's New Declaration of Freedom.

The second edition of the book "Rutland and the great War. A lasting tribute to a great and noble part", compiled by George Phillips, with a section entitled "Oakham School War record" (pp.198-204).

A death penny awarded to Oliver Henry Cecil Odell who died during the First World War. Includes a small display card and a sheet deciphering the symbols of the plaque.

A photocopy of the original letter sent by Basil Mogridge to Joan 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 sent by Joan.

A letter from David L.P. Humfrey, Stuart Humfrey's son, to Rev John Darrall, School Chaplain, regarding his father's sporting achievements at school and after, his own time at Oakham School and memories of school teachers.