Photocopy of the original letter by Basil Mogridge
Part of The World Wars
A photocopy of the original letter between Basil and Joan describing basil's life in the trenches, the sending of some cake, being buried alive during an attack, men being wounded, and the story of the miraculous survival of a cake.
Basil Mogridge
Photographs related to Donald Francis Neilson
Part of The World Wars
Accession number: 29102018. George Robson is a former pupil of St Bees School and researched an OO and former St Bees's pupil, Donald Francis Neilson, who fell in the WW1 - 13 photographs of St Bees' campus, names carved on a wooden panel, Cricket 1st XI team and close-ups of Neilson, a plaque unveiled to commemorate St Bees pupils who fell in the WW1, memorials; 1 photocopy of a military picture of Neilson, The letter is Items A and B. Photographs are Items C to P
St Bees School
School House Boards Memorial Photographs
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A group of photographs showing the school house boards and its memorials to those Old Oakhamians who fell in battle.
Oakham School
Second Lieutenant Charles Caldwell Sills
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A booklet compiled by Roger Anderson on Second Lieutenant Charles Caldwell Sills, with photographs, family history, army bavkground, copies from the History of the South Wales Borderers, extracts from the Battalion's war diary
Roger Geoffrey Anderson
Service for Dedication of Memorial
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An order of service from the event in which a memorial was dedicated to Jack Dewar.
Holy Trinity Church, Loughborough
The War Graves Commission Photographic Project
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A CD of photographs of Old Oakhamian's graves who are buried within Commonwealth cemeteries. Includes 2 CDs and a business card. One CD entitled Rutland & 'The Great War A Lasting Tribute to a Great & Noble Part' and the other is entitled 'Old Oakhamians TWAPP'. Items A to C
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves of the British Empire
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The cemetery record from the war graves commission including the entry for Jack Dewar on page 20.
Imperial War Graves Commission
The War Graves of the British Empire
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The cemetery record from the war graves commission including a form for record of entry for David Dewar.
Imperial War Graves Commission
They fell with their faces to the foe: honouring heroes of the Great War
Part of The World Wars
A copy of the newspaper article which includes the picture of the 1914 1st XI Oakham Cricket team and their story.
The Independent on Sunday
Typed transcript of letter by Basil Mogridge
Part of The World Wars
A typed version of the letter between Basil and Joan describing basil's life in the trenches, the sending of some cake, being buried alive during an attack, men being wounded, and the story of the miraculous survival of a cake.
Basil F.W. Mogridge