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They fell with their faces to the foe: honouring heroes of the Great War

An article published in The Independent on Sunday on the publication of a new book, "Wisden on the Great War", and focussing on the Oakham School 1st cricket XI of 1914 and the five boys in the team who fell in the Great War. The article is spread on two pages, numbered A and B.

The Independent on Sunday

The Green Tiger

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  • 19/05/2016
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The Spring 2016 issue of "The Green Tiger", the magazine of The Riyal Tigers' Association, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, containing a feature on the centenary of the Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt and the anniversary dinner attended by Jon Wills, representing E.G. Langdale (pp. 14-20). Enclosed is a note from Captain R.J. Allen sending the magazine to Jon Wills.

Captain R.J. Allen

Emails from Melanie Russell

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  • 15/07/2015
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Two emails from Melanie Russell to Jon Wills, Rachel Fairweather and Anna Bentley regarding Niall Campbell's letters and his memoir on his grandfather, Gordon Sanderson.

Anna Bentley

Ephemera

Items in this sub-series are related to Old Oakhamians and Masters who fought in the Second World War.

Oakham School

The Memorial Chapel

Photographs of the Memorial Chapel, the roll of honours carved by the doors and the carvings on the West front of the building.

Oakham School

A carving on the West front

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  • 10/05/2013
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A digital photograph of a carving representing two soldiers on the West front of the Memorial Chapel.

Oakham School

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