These Boys came Alone: Syd Calloway, Reg Staple, Ken Stowe come from three different counties: Devon, Gloucester Wiltshire; they met and made friends finding themselves unchaperoned at the party. -Syd, the son of a docker, worked in the Parks and Gardens Department of Plymouth;-Reg who is 16 (a year younger than Syd) is the son of a flour mill operator, was training as an engineer; he was born in Toronto, Canada:- Ken, 17, is a typical farmer's boy who talks with a strong Wiltshire accent, knows all about life and work on a farm, was member of Young Farmers' Club, drives tractors and won first prize with a Friesian calf he once exhibited in an agricultural show. November 1, 1947.