A photograph of Frederick Wingfield Douglass
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Part of The World Wars
A black and white photograph of Frederick Wingfield Douglass in his military uniform.
Frank J. Hill
A photograph of Frederick Wingfield Douglass
Part of The World Wars
A black and white photograph of Frederick Wingfield Douglass in his military uniform.
Frank J. Hill
They fell with their faces to the foe: honouring heroes of the Great War
Part of The World Wars
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
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
A photograph of unknown Old Oakhamian Soldier
Part of The World Wars
A black and white photograph of Jim, "an Old Oakham Boy who held the record at school" and fought in the Great War. At the back is a hand-written note addressed to Rev Edward Vere Hodge.
Richards, Newark
Part of The World Wars
Hard cover newspaper cuttings album relating to the First World War, with cuttings from "Punch" and other First World War ephemera, enclosing an Army certificate of identity of Nancy Bevan, a War Office letter regarding the resignation of Captain John Neville Buchanan, the Commission in Grenadier Guards of Second Lieutenant John Neville Buchanan and President Wilson's New Declaration of Freedom.
Buchanan Family
Part of The World Wars
The second edition of the book "Rutland and the great War. A lasting tribute to a great and noble part", compiled by George Phillips, with a section entitled "Oakham School War record" (pp.198-204).
George Phillips
Part of The World Wars
A death penny awarded to Oliver Henry Cecil Odell who died during the First World War. Includes a small display card and a sheet deciphering the symbols of the plaque.
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Agreement relating to "The Story of Oakham School"
Part of History of the School
The original agreement between John Lewis Barber, the Trustees of Oakham School and Sycamore Press Ltd regarding the publication of "The Story of Oakham School" and the copyright holders. Also includes a letter from Daltons to the school Bursar, Trevor Case dated from 22 April 1982.
Daltons Solicitors
William Winter - Oakham School
Part of History of the School
A video tape (22 minutes) produced by Geoffrey Isles Photography, containing William Winter's photographs taken between 1950 and 1955. William Winter was a Resident Tutor in Wharflands and a teacher of English and History.
Geoffrey Edgar Isles
Officer Training Corps, Junior Training Corps, Combined Cadet Force (including Shooting)
Part of Reference
A monograph written by Brian Needham on the history of the Officer Training Corps, Junior Training Corps and Combined Cadet Force at Oakham School, from 1910 to 2012.
Brian Needham