Corporal Amos Culpin and his brother Ernest both died in the First World War. Amos was a postman living with his wife Alice at 17 South Street, Oakham before the war. He had been working at Oakham Post Office since the age of 14 (see photograph below, Amos is on the far right). He enlisted in the Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Division on 3 August 1916 and was sent to France on 23 May 1917. His unit, the 880th Motor Transport Company, was transferred to Salonica where he contracted pnuemonia and died on 23 October 1918. Amos is buried in Skopje Military Cemetery near Viles, in what is now Macedonia, grave G.11. George Phillips wrote: "His record at the Post Office was an excellent one, and on his death his widow received a letter of condolence from the Postmaster-General bearing testimony to his excellent character." His Commanding Officer wrote: "Throughout the advance he worked splendidly, never sparing himself in his duty and facing every difficulty with cheerfulness and vigour." He was aged 33 years and is remembered on Oakham's war memorial.