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Children and War Extras

We are pleased to offer some extended material that can be read in conjunction with a visit to the museum, or to the online exhibition on this website.

Professor Cecile Fabre's speech, 21st October 2011

This speech helps answer the question, "What is this project about?"

Formation of Officer Training Corps

A very brief summary of the development of officer training during the Great War. 2pp, PDF, opens in new window

Holley Cornelius Collection

Based at Bletchley Park, this is a wonderful collection of period toys and historiana. 2pp, PDF, opens in new window

Send Them to Safety

A shortened article from the Children and War special edition of Bugle and Sabre, about how the plans to evacuate children from British cities in the Second World War were implemented. 8pp, PDF, opens in new window

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A summary of the history and purposes of this wonderful body. 6pp, PDF, opens in new window

Oxfordshire Commemoration

Some notes on war graves in the county. 2pp,  PDF, opens in new window

Life on a War Time Farm

A child’s view of the war years on an Oxfordshire farm – extracts from the memoirs of Colonel Tim May CBE TD DL. 8pp, PDF, opens in new window

A War Time Childhood in Oxfordshire

What it was like to be a child in Oxfordshire in the war years – extracts from the memoirs of Colonel Tim May CBE TD DL. 11pp, PDF, opens in new window

Schools Project 2011

SOFO Schools Project with St Helen and St Katherine, Abingdon

Boy Soldiers and Propaganda

Iraq: Comparison of the military conflicts in Mesopotamia 1914 and Iraq 2003

Interview with WOII Neil Carter