Chris Snuggs : "Mr Rowland was a really impressive guy: a fighter pilot in the war, then a 1st in German & English at Birmingham University and by all accounts a great teacher: one of those formidable pioneers who really put WHS on the map in establishing its academic excellence and credibility. I hardly knew him, but there is a tribute to him on the above LINK. His death was a loss profoundly felt by all who knew him - and obviously including Fred Mudd who left WHS in 1961."