Acknowledgements:

'Where It All Began' and 'Torregreca' are published by Steerforth Italia.

Letters to and from Ann Cornelisen are quoted with the permission of Ann Cornelisen Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries, New York, USA. With special thanks to Dean Rogers, Special Archives Assistant.

Information relating to Ernest Thompson's FAU service was obtained from The Friends Library, London with special thanks to Josef Keith.

Photographs of Ernest Thompson are taken from 'Reconstruczioni e Reconciliazioni' by Massimo Ruboli published by Edizioni Polistampa, Florence.

General information about the Friends Ambulance Unit taken from 'History of the FAU' by Tegla Davis, published online..

Special thanks to Sara Iurio for translating vital documents.

A copy of 'Above the Sangro' can be viewed at the British Film Institute in London.

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