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Photographs and documents relating to Launcelot John Austen Dewar and his brother David Dewar.

One newspaper cutting reporting Lancelot John Austen Dewar's death at the front during the Battle of the Somme on 13 November 1916.

A black and white photograph of Second Lieutenant L.J.A. Dewar's grave in the Ancre Cemetery, France, mounted on a cardboard.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two notes from Nigel Webb to Jon Wills, quoting research by Brian Needham regarding the Oliver Henry Cecil Odell bequest and his family.

Photocopies of various research resources on John Woodall Marshall from Ancestry, Rutland Remembers, Graves Registration Report Form, The London Gazette, including two print outs of photographs, presented by Michael Hawker, archaeologist Leicester University. Items numbered A to P.