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- 2005
Part of Headmasters
A photocopy of four obituaries and death notices published in local newspapers in 2005 after the death of former Headmaster John Buchanan.
Rutland Times
Part of Headmasters
A photocopy of four obituaries and death notices published in local newspapers in 2005 after the death of former Headmaster John Buchanan.
Rutland Times
Names on the School War Memorial
Part of The World Wars
Research on the Humfrey family and the boys who attended Oakham School compiled by Brian Needham, and further notes regarding removing or adding names to the Chapel and School House War Memorial.
Brian Needham
Mike Atherton on the roll call of talent cut down in the Great War
Part of The World Wars
An article published in a newspaper regarding the publication of a new book, "Wisden on the Great War", and focussing on the 1914 Oakham School cricket team and the five boys who fell in the First World War.
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Part of Headmasters
An obituary for former Headmaster, John Buchanan, written by Michael Stevens in 2005. Five pages A to E.
Michael Stevens
Part of The World Wars
A digital photograph of the carved plaque at the entrance of the War Memorial Library.
Oakham School
Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey
Part of The World Wars
A large print out of a photograph of Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey in a trench on the Western front during the First World War.
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Letter from Peter F. Wynter Bee to the School Bursar
Part of The World Wars
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
Letter from Jon Wills to P.F. Wynter Bee
Part of The World Wars
A letter from Jon Wills, OO Club Chairman and School Archivist, to P.F. Wynter Bee regarding the donation of Basil Mogridge's letter to the school.
Jon Wills
Part of The World Wars
A digital photograph of the carving of "Justitia" on the West front of the Memorial Chapel.
Oakham School
Part of Headmasters
This series focusses on the headmastership of John David Buchanan (1958-1977) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1960s and 1970s, its staff and pupils. The bulk of the series consists of books, publications, letters, speeches and sermons written by Mr Buchanan himself.
John Buchanan