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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.

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.

A card from Bob to Jon Wills regarding the anniversary dinner on 10 October 2015. The card shows the memorial to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

A menu for the anniversary dinner to commemorate the centenary o the Battle of Hohenzollern Redoubt held at the 4/5th Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Officers' Dining Club on 10 October 2015. The item includes a photograph of the officers of the 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment at Luton in October 1914 and their signatures, the menu and the provenance of twelve candlesticks.

A booklet from the event including: photo of the 1/4th regiment at Luton in 1914, their signature, the wine list and menu for the dinner, an inscription from the Hohenzollern Memorial and the provenance of 12 candlesticks. There are several inserts including: a thank you for your attendance note to Jon Wills, A flyer for the special Evensong in Leicester Cathedral to commemorate the battle and a letter to Jon Wills with some information on the battle, OOs, the dinner and the evensong. 4 ITEMS

A copy of the newspaper article which includes the picture of the 1914 1st XI Oakham Cricket team and their story.

A black and white photograph of Frederick Wingfield Douglass.

A booklet containing extracts from the Oakham School magazine during the war.

Green hard cover newspaper cuttings album relating to the First World War, with cuttings from Punch and other World War I ephemera 1914 -1918; Army certificate of identity of Nancy Bevan; War Office letter re resignation of Captain J.N.Buchanan 1920; Commission in Grenadier Guards of 2nd Lieut J.N.Buchanan; President Wilson's New Declaration of Freedom. Fragile spine.

Green hard cover newspaper cuttings album relating to the First World War