Laura Rosenberg for her tireless support and allowing access to the John Coast archive.
Dr Laura Noszlopy for writing the incisive introduction and being a good research partner.
Dr Nigel Stanley for his endeavours in finding the real names of the doctors in Railroad of Death.
Felix Bakker and Lody Pieters for their help with finding some of the real names of the Dutch and Eurasian Prisoners in Railroad of Death.
Stephen Walton at the Imperial War Museum for his interest and excellent support provided when asked to look at relevant manuscripts and provide clearances.
Jessica Hogg at the BBC Written Archives centre for her patience in finding documents relating to Return to the River Kwai and in obtaining clearances for use in the introduction/ the documentary script.
Pamela Nash for her hard work in word processing the original 1946 edition, the ‘Return to the River Kwai’ article and most of the documentary script.
Kate Nash for her technical assistance.
Justin Nash, May 2014