I would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their invaluable contributions, help and support:
First and foremost Ian Stoyle, who generously donated his Wilderness memorabilia to me.
James Parnell
Pete Webb
John Oakford
George Hampshire
Maurice Mann
Lynn Whittaker
Hazel Bray
Wendy Major
Mary Woollacott
Heather Woodley
Bill Spry
Susan Worman
Sandy Smith
Sarah Kenig
Alan Hitchcock
Roger Tilbury
Anne Douglas
Felicity Ford
Hilary Beard
Pat Blaney
Adrian Daw
Cary Bazalgette
Ashburton Museum
The St Lawrence Guild
Jacqui Buttriss of Steyning Museum
Angie Watson of The Sands School
Sources used for this research:
Bibliography:
'Schooldays Remembered - Recollections of Steyning Grammar School', J. M. Sleight, Steyning Museum Trust, 1998
Ashburton Grammar School1314-1938, W. W. S. Graf, M.A
The book of Ashburton, Stuart Hands and Pete Webb, Halsgrove 2004
The pubs and inns of Ashburton, Pete Webb, Obelisk Publications 1995
Past Portreeves of Ashburton Pete Webb, 2011
The Wilderness School Magazine, 1934 -35
The Wilderness School Magazine, 1935 -36
Sands School Parent Information Pack.
The Pound in Your Pocket 1870 - 1970, Peter Wilsher, Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1970
Newspapers:
The Western Morning News
The Western Times
Exeter & Plymouth Gazette
Websites:
http://ashburtoncollegeoldboys.blogspot.co.uk
http://plymouthdata.info/index.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/