| Repository | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark |
| Ref No | RCS/SJW/P/10/11 |
| Title | The September Ordination at Wonersh, 1941 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Typescript annotated reproduction of a letter sent home by John Stapleton; photocopies of three newspaper reports of the event.
The notes explain how 'Clerks in Holy Orders' were exempt from war service and that Catholic students became clerics by receiving the first tonsure. 40 students were tonsured in one ceremony. |