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List of Old Oakhamians serving in India

A list of Old Oakhamians who served in India during World War Two, with names, regiments and years at Oakham School. Two small sheets of paper numbered A and B.

Oakham School

Oakham School During the War

Recollections, a letter and a photograph related to life at Oakham School during the Second World War.

Philip Newell

A Wartime Interlude

A recollection entitled "A Wartime Interlude" by Philip Newell of a platoon of Paratroopers coming to play a cricket match against the school's 2nd XI in the Summer term 1942.

Philip Newell

Inside panel on the left

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  • 10/05/2013
  • Part of The World Wars

A digital photograph of the carved panel on the left hand-side of the Chapel inside doors. The names are those of the Old Oakhamians who died in the Second World War.

Oakham School

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

Les Tortévalais

Issue 31 of "Les Tortévalais", the Torteval Parish magazine published in Autumn 2019. The content includes an article on Guernsey's first decorated airman of World War Two (pp.37-40), focussing on Roy Langlois ('36). A thank you note addressed to Charlotte McCrory is attached.

Torteval Parish, Guernsey

Debt of Honour Register

Entry for Lieutenant Crichton from the Debt of Honour register published by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A record of Old Oakhamians and Masters

A booklet recording the Old Oakhmians and Masters of Oakham School (past and present0 who served in His Majesty's Forces in the Second World War.

Oakham School

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