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A letter from George Robson

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  • 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

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  • 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

Record of Donald Francis Neilson

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  • 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

Letters from Men on Service

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  • N/D
  • Part of The World Wars

A page from "The Stag" comprising letters from Men on Service, including a note from Colin Francis Scott.

The Stag

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

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

Dedication of the War Memorial Chapel

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  • 29/10/1925
  • Part of Chapel

An Oakhamian Magazine supplement. Includes photographs of the new Chapel, the order of service for the dedication on 29 October 1925, a report on the ceremony and a brief history of the building. The item belonged to E. Puckering-Clark. Six double pages A to F.

Oakham School

Deed of Consecration

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  • 29/10/1925
  • Part of Chapel

The Deed of Consecration of the War Memorial Chapel signed by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough (B). The item is kept in the original envelop (A).

Cyril Charles Bowman

News cuttings of the War

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  • 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

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  • 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

Loughborough Vicar's Son

One newspaper cutting reporting Lancelot John Austen Dewar's death at the front during the Battle of the Somme on 13 November 1916.

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