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The World Wars Oakham School
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Ephemera

The sub-series include three large scrapbook containing news paper cuttings of every of the First World War, research booklets, a book donated to the school and several photographs.

Oakham School

The Humfrey Family

The sub-series focuses on the Humfrey Family, more particularly on Stuart and Douglas Humfrey, and include "The Humf Letters".

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The World Wars

  • WWS
  • Subfonds
  • 1908 - 2019

A collection of material which focuses on Old Oakhamians and their military careers. The bulk of the collection focuses on the two World Wars and research of the OOs who sadly fell.

The strongest part of this sub-fonds is the material relating to the First World War. It contains research on many Old Oakhamians and whole OO families who fought during the conflict such as the Humfreys and the Scotts. Much of the material is paper research but there are some original photographic material included.

WWS/2 focuses on the Second World War. Most of the collection looks at Oakham between 1939 and 1945 or the commemorations that have subsequently occurred.

Oakham School

I go to Oakham - War comes.

  • WWS-WWS/2-WWS/2/2-WWS/2/2/2-WWS/2/2/2/2
  • Item
  • 2004
  • Part of The World Wars

An account of John Good's time at Oakham School and the changes that occurred during the Second World War. The account spreads over two chapters and the pages are numbered A to I.

John Good

World War One

A collection of material which focuses on Old Oakhamians who fell in the First World War, containing personal and family items and research.

Oakham School

A carving on the West front

  • WWS-WWS/3-WWS/3/2-WWS/3/2/1-WWS/3/2/1/8
  • Item
  • 10/05/2013
  • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of a carving representing injured soldiers on the West front of the Memorial Chapel.

Oakham School

War Memorials

Photographs of the War Memorials built on school campus in memory of Old Oakhamians who fell in the First World War, the Second World War and other conflicts.

Oakham School

Military Various

Items in this series are related to Old Oakhamians who served in some armed conflicts and to the War Memorials builf in their memory.

Oakham School

Oakham School During the War

Recollections, a letter and a photograph related to life at Oakham School during the Second World War.

Philip Newell

A record of Old Oakhamians and Masters

A booklet recording the Old Oakhmians and Masters of Oakham School (past and present0 who served in His Majesty's Forces in the Second World War.

Oakham School

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