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Various Memorials

Digital photographs of memorials around school honouring Old Oakhamians who fell in conflicts other than the two World Wars.

Oakham School

Typed transcript of the letter by Basil Mogridge

A transcript of the letter sent by Basil Mogridge to Joan on 17 September 1915 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.

Basil F.W. Mogridge

Third panel

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  • 10/05/2013
  • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the third panel of the School House memorial boards.

Oakham School

The War Memorial Library

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  • 23/07/2009
  • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the War Memorial Library that was built in 1955 in memory of the Old Oakhamians and Masters who lost their lives in the Second World War.

Oakham School

The War Memorial Library

A group of photographs of the War Memorial Library, honouring the Old Oakhamians who fell in the Second World War.

Oakham School

The Scott Family of Soldier Sons

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  • N/D
  • Part of The World Wars

A print out of the Scott Family of Soldier Sons with photographs of J.W. Scott and Mrs Scott and their eight sons and only daughter.

N/D

The pediment

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  • Item
  • 10/05/2013
  • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the pediment above the entrance doors on the West front of the Memorial Chapel. The inscription reads: "This Chapel is erected to the Glory of God and in memory of the Old Oakhamians who fell in the Great War 1914-1918".

Oakham School

The Memorial Chapel

Photographs of the Memorial Chapel, the roll of honours carved by the doors and the carvings on the West front of the building.

Oakham School

The Dewar Family

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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Temperantia

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  • 10/05/2013
  • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the carving of "Temperantia" on the West front of the Memorial Chapel.

Oakham School

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