Typed transcript of the letter by Basil Mogridge
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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
The War Graves Commission Photographic Project
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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
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Print out of the photograph of St Bees' 1908 Cricket team.
St Bees School
A letter from Roger Anderson to Terence Treanor
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A letter from Roger Anderson ('39) to Terence Treanor regarding the database on the 1914-1918 War Dead from Oakham School.
Roger Geoffrey Anderson
Photocopy of the original letter by Basil Mogridge
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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 Mogridge
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The casualty details of Lieutenant D.H.W. Humfrey produced by the Commonwealth Graves Commission.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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A War Certificate "A" awarded on 24 April 1944 to Cadet John David Witter who passed the examination on 21 March 1944.
The War Office
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A black and white photograph of Jack Dewar, sitting by a tent. Possibly from his time at Oakham School and possibly at a O.T.C. Camp.
N/D
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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
The War Graves of the British Empire
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The Register of the names of those who fell in the Great War and are buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France, compiled and published by order of the Imperial War Graves Commission. The entry for Lancelot john Austen Dewar is page 20.
Imperial War Graves Commission