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23 December 1915 : Roland A Leighton

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Roland Leighton was the oldest surviving child of literary parents, Robert Leighton ('man of letters) and Marie (née Connor), a novelist. As a result of the guilt following the death of her first child, Marie spoilt Roland and neglected his younger siblings-sister Clare and brother Evelyn. Roland went to prep: school in St.John's Wood (London Hous…


Ep. 79 – Uppingham Public School during the First World War – Tim Halstead

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Historian Tim Halstead talks about his recent book on Uppingham public school during the Great War that has been published by Helion and Co.


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