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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.

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.

Photographs and documents relating to Launcelot John Austen Dewar and his brother David Dewar.

One newspaper cutting reporting Lancelot John Austen Dewar's death at the front during the Battle of the Somme on 13 November 1916.

The cemetery record for Lt. David (Sonnie) Dewar from the Imperial War Graves Commission sent to Mrs Annie Dewar, residing in South Kensington, London.

The Register of the names of those who fell in the Great War and are buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France, compiled and published by order of the Imperial War Graves Commission. The entry for Lancelot john Austen Dewar is page 20.

A letter from Jon Wills, OO Club Chairman and School Archivist, to P.F. Wynter Bee regarding the donation of Basil Mogridge's letter to the school.

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.

A photocopy of the original letter sent by Basil Mogridge to Joan 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 sent by Joan.

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.