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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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
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Portraits and team photographs of Donald Francis Neilson at St Bees School
St Bees School
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A letter and booklet on the Humf Letters. The letter is to Dr. Spence from Colin Edgar about the project. The booklet contains information about D. H. W. Humphrey's life and the letters that he wrote to Betty Dawes.
Colin Edgar
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Script of "The Humf letters", Humfrey's letters to Aunty Betty; 6 pages
St Bartholomew's School
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Photocopies of various research on John Woodall Marshall from Ancestry, Rutland Remembers, Graves Registration Report Form, The London Gazette, including two of portrait photos, presented by Michael Hawker, archaeologist Leicester University. Items A to P
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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A black and white photo of a gentleman by a tent. On the reverse are some notes.
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Photographs and documents relating to Launcelot John Austen Dewar and his brother David Dewar.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey
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A large print out of a photograph of Lt Douglas Herbert Washington Humfrey in a trench on the Western front during the First World War.
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