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Research Centre

Research Centre

The hub of our activity, the Research Centre houses our collections, is the centre of research and is the place to seek answers to your questions

Who Did What and Where?

Who Did What and Where?

The Timeline tells you what happened, where, when and who was part of it.

You can follow the main events in English and British history, with an Oxfordshire flavour.

Oxfordshire's Regiments

Oxfordshire's Regiments

Oxfordshire's regiments have a long and distinguished history.  Read a brief history of them here.

Conflict and the County

Conflict and the County

How conflict has affected people of the county.

Bugle and Sabre

Bugle and Sabre

"Bugle and Sabre" is a periodical published roughly annually jointly by the Friends of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust. All profits go to the SOFO Trust.

Research Centre

The SOFO Research Centre is the hub of our activity, especially while we are still planning and building our main museum.  See below for our services.

Housing the collections

We provide a home for the collections that we manage. These are divided into the objects - weapons, equipment, instruments, pictures, and other things - and the archives, which are the original paper records.

We also have a library, primarily books about the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, general military books and some about the Oxfordshire Yeomanry.

Last, but not least, we have a growing body of research output, ranging from letters to books, with an increasing amount of digital material.

Research

This ranges from answering letters to the public, to compiling lists of those who served and as much about them as we can find, to databases of the collections, to articles and books. Our volunteers have also arranged study days and battlefield tours, and we can occasionally do lectures.  You may also find us at local family history days.

Helping you - here are some of our services:

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Winston Churchill, Oxfordshire Hussar 1901-1965 - the untold story

Bugle and Sabre

Bugle and Sabre

"Bugle and Sabre" is a periodical published roughly annually jointly by the Friends of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust. All profits go to the SOFO Trust.

Oxfordshire's Regiments

Oxfordshire's Regiments

Read a brief history of Oxfordshire’s regiments

Oxfordshire VCs

Oxfordshire VCs

Read about recipients of the Victoria Cross who had an Oxfordshire connection.

German air attacks

Maps showing where 3831 German bombs dropped in the County in World War II

Object of the Month

Object of the Month

We hope you will enjoy the object of interest we put on show each month (well, nearly every month!)

Conflict and the County

Conflict and the County

The Navy, Royal Airforce, Artillery, and others in the county at war.

Soldier Search

Soldier Search

Did your ancestor serve? Search in our database – 90,000 names

Archive Enquiries

Archive Enquiries

Interested in the stories? We can probably help you.

Search the Collection

Search the Collection

Search and look through the museum collections

Useful Links

Useful Links

Links to websites to help you do your own research. We add to this list regularly.