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Ephemera

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/5
Sub-Series
1914 - 2015

Part of The World Wars

The sub-series include three large scrapbook containing news paper cuttings of every of the First World War, research booklets, a book donated to the school and several photographs.

Oakham School

They fell with their faces to the foe: honouring heroes of the Great War

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/5-WWS/1/5/6
Item
25/05/2014

Part of The World Wars

An article published in The Independent on Sunday on the publication of a new book, "Wisden on the Great War", and focussing on the Oakham School 1st cricket XI of 1914 and the five boys in the team who fell in the Great War. The article is spread on two pages, numbered A and B.

The Independent on Sunday

A letter from Colin Edgar to Nigel Lashbrook

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/3-WWS/1/3/8
Item
11/10/2012

Part of The World Wars

A letter from Colin Edgar to Nigel Lashbrook, Headmaster, regarding the Great War commemorations and suggesting several plays the Drama department could perform or the occasion, including the short play "The Humf Letters".

Colin Edgar

Research

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4
Sub-Series
1908 - 2018

Part of The World Wars

Research material on some soldiers and their family, most notably the Neilson brothers and the Sills family.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A letter from George Robson

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4-WWS/1/4/3-WWS/1/4/3/1
Item
18/09/2017

Part of The World Wars

A letter from George Robson to the Headteacher regarding research on Donald Francis Neilson for the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at St Bees School, Cumbria.

George Robson

The Old St Beghian

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4-WWS/1/4/3-WWS/1/4/3/2
Item
07/2017

Part of The World Wars

Four pages printed from St Bees School's website. The article was published in the school magazine The Old St Beghian no.191, regarding the inscriptions on the panels in the Foundation dining room and individual entries from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers of the eight Old Beghians who fell in the Great War, including Donald Francis Neilson.

St Bees School

Douglas Alexander Hall

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4-WWS/1/4/7
File
19/03/1997

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

News cuttings of the War

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/5-WWS/1/5/1
Item
1914-08-31 - 1916-06-11

Part of The World Wars

Hard cover album containing newspaper cuttings from each day of the First World War. First volume of a series of three, compiled by the Buchannan family.

Buchanan Family

News cuttings of the War

WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/5-WWS/1/5/2
Item
1916-11-13 - 1918-05-23

Part of The World Wars

Hard cover album containing newspaper cuttings from each day of the First World War. Second volume of a series of three, compiled by the Buchannan family.

Buchanan Family

Oakham School in The Great War