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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.

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.

An article published in a newspaper regarding the publication of a new book, "Wisden on the Great War", and focussing on the 1914 Oakham School cricket team and the five boys who fell in the First World War.

Research on the Humfrey family and the boys who attended Oakham School compiled by Brian Needham, and further notes regarding removing or adding names to the Chapel and School House War Memorial.

A print out of two photographs of the panels in the Foundation dining room at St Bees school showing Neilson carving, and of a photograph of the memorial to Donald Francis Neilson on Tyne Cot memorial.

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".

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.

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.

A collection of material which focuses on Old Oakhamians who fell in the First World War, containing personal and family items and research.

Two letters between D. Devenport and Terence Treanor regarding Douglas Alexander Hall, enclosing a copy of the Roll of Honour, photographs and entries from "Rutland in the Great War". Items are numbered A to F.