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- 1940
Part of The World Wars
Various items listing the Old Oakhamians who served in some conflicts.
Oakham School
Part of The World Wars
Various items listing the Old Oakhamians who served in some conflicts.
Oakham School
Part of The World Wars
A collection of material which focuses on Old Oakhamians who fell in the First World War, containing personal and family items and research.
Oakham School
Part of The World Wars
One newspaper cutting reporting Lancelot John Austen Dewar's death at the front during the Battle of the Somme on 13 November 1916.
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Part of The World Wars
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.
Colin Edgar
Part of The World Wars
The script of the short play "The Humf Letters", based on Colin and Anne Edgar's work compiling letters sent from the Western front by Douglas Humfrey to Betty Dawes. The play was written by Year 12 Drama A-level pupils of St Bartholomew's School, Newbury.
St Bartholomew's School
The War Graves Commission Photographic Project
Part of The World Wars
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.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Part of The World Wars
Entry for Lieutenant Crichton from the Debt of Honour register published by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Part of The World Wars
Two letters between D. Devenport and Terence Treanor regarding Douglas Alexander Hall, enclosing a copy of the Roll of Honour, photographs and entries from "Rutland in the Great War". Items are numbered A to F.
Terence Treanor
Oakham School in The Great War
Part of The World Wars
A booklet containing extracts from the Oakham School magazines during the war.
Oakham School
Photocopy of the original letter by Basil Mogridge
Part of The World Wars
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.
Basil Fullelove West Mogridge