The Archive website at http://archive.epsomcollege.org.uk was finally linked to the College website today and immediately began to attract a following. Several people praised it and the College Library decided to do a display. The website has been constructed by Alex Dowle, who has worked with the Archive for four years now. Many thanks to him for his help and efforts on a myriad of projects over his time with us. Today is his last real day at school.
The website consists of the possessions of Archie Paxton, an O.E., who joined the Middlesex Regiment in 1915 and who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. It includes copies of school photographs and magazines, photographs of army friends, letters to his mother, a trench map and his orders for the day he was killed. This is a tremendous asset to us, the result of a kind donation from the Paxton family. The photographs and letters can be double-clicked to open out to full size. At the end there are two questions to answer, one easy and one really quite difficult! This is certainly worth a look.
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