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The World Wars
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News cuttings of the War

  • WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/5-WWS/1/5/2
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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

An invitation to a special service

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  • 13/10/2015

    • Part of The World Wars

An invitation from the Dean and Chapter of Leicester Cathedral, The Royal Tigers' Association, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, to a special service of Choral Evensong in the Leicester Cathedral to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Hohenzollern Redoubt.

Leicester Cathedral

A letter from Captain R.J. Allen to Jon Wills

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  • 24/09/2015

    • Part of The World Wars

A letter from Captain R.J. Allen, president of the 4/5th Battalion The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Officers' Association, to Jon Wills regarding the arrangements for the anniversary dinner on 10 October 2015.

Captain R.J. Allen

A photograph of unknown Old Oakhamian Soldier

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

First panel

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  • 10/05/2013

    • Part of The World Wars

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

Oakham School

Cemetery register for David (Sonnie) Dewar

The cemetery record for Lt. David (Sonnie) Dewar from the Imperial War Graves Commission sent to Mrs Annie Dewar, residing in South Kensington, London.

Imperial War Graves Commission

Letter from Jon Wills to P.F. Wynter Bee

A letter from Jon Wills, OO Club Chairman and School Archivist, to P.F. Wynter Bee regarding the donation of Basil Mogridge's letter to the school.

Jon Wills

Photocopy of the original letter by Basil Mogridge

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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