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School House Boards

A group of photographs of the Memorial boards in School House, including details of five panels with the names of Old Oakhamians who died in the First World War.

Oakham School

Basil Mogridge

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

Oakham School

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

List of Old Oakhamians serving in India

A list of Old Oakhamians who served in India during World War Two, with names, regiments and years at Oakham School. Two small sheets of paper numbered A and B.

Oakham School

Entrance panel on the right

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  • 10/05/2013

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A digital photograph of the carved panel on the left hand-side of the Chapel entrance. The names are those of the Old Oakhamians who died in the First World War.

Oakham School

A photograph of Jack Dewar

A black and white photograph of Jack Dewar, sitting by a tent. Possibly from his time at Oakham School and possibly at a O.T.C. Camp.

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Research

Research material on some soldiers and their family, most notably the Neilson brothers and the Sills family.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Donald Francis Neilson

Research, letters and photographs related to Donald Francis Neilson when a pupil ay St Bees School, Cumbria.

George Robson

A letter from George Robson

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  • 18/09/2017

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A letter from George Robson to the Headteacher regarding research on Donald Francis Neilson for the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at St Bees School, Cumbria.

George Robson

The Old St Beghian

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Four pages printed from St Bees School's website. The article was published in the school magazine The Old St Beghian no.191, regarding the inscriptions on the panels in the Foundation dining room and individual entries from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers of the eight Old Beghians who fell in the Great War, including Donald Francis Neilson.

St Bees School

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