Typed transcript of the letter by Basil Mogridge
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A transcript of the letter sent by Basil Mogridge to Joan on 17 September 1915 describing his life in the trenches, being buried alive during an attack, men being wounded, and the story of the miraculous survival of a cake.
Basil F.W. Mogridge
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A digital photograph of the third panel of the School House memorial boards.
Oakham School
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A digital photograph of the War Memorial Library that was built in 1955 in memory of the Old Oakhamians and Masters who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Oakham School
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A group of photographs of the War Memorial Library, honouring the Old Oakhamians who fell in the Second World War.
Oakham School
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A digital photograph of the pediment above the entrance doors on the West front of the Memorial Chapel. The inscription reads: "This Chapel is erected to the Glory of God and in memory of the Old Oakhamians who fell in the Great War 1914-1918".
Oakham School
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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
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Photographs and documents relating to Launcelot John Austen Dewar and his brother David Dewar.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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A digital photograph of the carving of "Temperantia" on the West front of the Memorial Chapel.
Oakham School
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A digital photograph of the second panel of the School House memorial boards.
Oakham School
Second Lieutenant Charles Caldwell Sills
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Research file compiled by O.O. Roger Anderson ('39) on Second Lieutenant Charles Caldwell Sills, 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers. The file include photographs, Sills family history, copies of The History of the South Wales Borderers, maps, and extracts from he battalion's war diary.
Roger Geoffrey Anderson