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School House memorial board

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  • 10/05/2013

    • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the School House memorial board, honouring the Old Oakhmians who fell in the First World War.

Oakham School

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

Entrance panel on the left

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  • 10/05/2013

    • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the carved panel on the left hand-side of the Chapel entrance. The names are those of the Old Oakhamians who died in the First World War.

Oakham School

The Humf Letters

The script of the short play "The Humf Letters", based on Colin and Anne Edgar's work compiling letters sent from the Western front by Douglas Humfrey to Betty Dawes. The play was written by Year 12 Drama A-level pupils of St Bartholomew's School, Newbury.

St Bartholomew's School

A letter from Colin Edgar to Nigel Lashbrook

A letter from Colin Edgar to Nigel Lashbrook, Headmaster, regarding the Great War commemorations and suggesting several plays the Drama department could perform or the occasion, including the short play "The Humf Letters".

Colin Edgar

Names on the School War Memorial

Research on the Humfrey family and the boys who attended Oakham School compiled by Brian Needham, and further notes regarding removing or adding names to the Chapel and School House War Memorial.

Brian Needham

Casualty Details

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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey

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  • 1914 - 1915

    • Part of The World Wars

A large print out of a photograph of Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey in a trench on the Western front during the First World War.

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The Humf Letters

A letter from Colin Edgar to Dr Joe Spence, Headmaster, enclosing "The Humf Letters".
"The Humf Letters" is a work by Colin Edgar, compiling letters sent by Lt. Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey to Betty Dawes from the front during the First World War.

Colin Edgar

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