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The War Graves Commission Photographic Project

Two CDs containing photographs of the graves of Old Oakhamians who are buried in Commonwealth cemeteries. One CD entitled Rutland & 'The Great War A Lasting Tribute to a Great & Noble Part' and the other is entitled 'Old Oakhamians TWAPP'. The envelop is kept separate from the CDs.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey

  • WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/3-WWS/1/3/10
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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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Typed transcript of the letter by Basil Mogridge

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 Fullelove West Mogridge

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 Fullelove West Mogridge

Letter from Peter F. Wynter Bee to the School Bursar

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

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

Basil Mogridge

A letter written by Basil Mogridge to Joan from the front and items related to the donation of the letter.

Oakham School

The War Graves of the British Empire

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

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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