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Casualty Details

The casualty details of Lieutenant D.H.W. Humfrey produced by the Commonwealth Graves Commission.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Cemetery register for David (Sonnie) Dewar

The cemetery record for Lt. David (Sonnie) Dewar from the Imperial War Graves Commission sent to Mrs Annie Dewar, residing in South Kensington, London.

Imperial War Graves Commission

Ephemera

Items in this sub-series are related to Old Oakhamians and Masters who fought in the Second World War.

Oakham School

Panels of the St Bees School Foundation

  • WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4-WWS/1/4/3-WWS/1/4/3/7
  • Item
  • N/D
  • Part of The World Wars

A print out of two photographs of the panels in the Foundation dining room at St Bees school showing Neilson carving, and of a photograph of the memorial to Donald Francis Neilson on Tyne Cot memorial.

St Bees School

The Dewar Family

Photographs and documents relating to Launcelot John Austen Dewar and his brother David Dewar.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Humfrey Family

The sub-series focuses on the Humfrey Family, more particularly on Stuart and Douglas Humfrey, and include "The Humf Letters".

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The World Wars

  • WWS
  • Subfonds
  • 1908 - 2019

A collection of material which focuses on Old Oakhamians and their military careers. The bulk of the collection focuses on the two World Wars and research of the OOs who sadly fell.

The strongest part of this sub-fonds is the material relating to the First World War. It contains research on many Old Oakhamians and whole OO families who fought during the conflict such as the Humfreys and the Scotts. Much of the material is paper research but there are some original photographic material included.

WWS/2 focuses on the Second World War. Most of the collection looks at Oakham between 1939 and 1945 or the commemorations that have subsequently occurred.

Oakham School

Research

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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Record of Donald Francis Neilson

  • WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4-WWS/1/4/3-WWS/1/4/3/3
  • Item
  • N/D
  • Part of The World Wars

The entry for Donald Francis Neilson, printed from the Leicestershire War Memorials Projects website.

Leicestershire War Memorials Project

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