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
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
Letter from Peter F. Wynter Bee to the School Bursar
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A letter from Peter F. Wynter Bee to the School Bursar, sending a copy of Basil Mogridge's letter to the school. Peter Wynter Bee found the letter in his grandmother's belongings. Basil had sent Joan a letter from the front during the First World War on 17 September 1915.
Peter F. Wynter Bee
Letter from Jon Wills to P.F. Wynter Bee
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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
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A letter written by Basil Mogridge to Joan from the front and items related to the donation of the letter.
Basil Mogridge
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
Cemetery register for David (Sonnie) Dewar
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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
Military photograph of Lancelot John Austen Dewar
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A black and white photograph of Lancelot John Austen Dewar in his Royal Marines Light Infantry uniform.
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A photograph of Lancelot John Austen Dewar's grave
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A black and white photograph of Second Lieutenant L.J.A. Dewar's grave in the Ancre Cemetery, France, mounted on a cardboard.
British Association (Ypres Salient) Belgium
Order of Service for Dedication of Memorial
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An order of service for the dedication of a memorial in memory of Lancelot John Austen (Jack) Dewar, Second Lt. Royal Marines Light Infantry at Holy Trinity Church, Loughborough, on Saturday 5 January 1918.
Holy Trinity Church, Loughborough