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The United Services College was an English boys' public school for the sons of military officers and civil servants, located from 1874 at Westward Ho! near Bideford in North Devon, from 1904 at Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and finally at Windsor, Berkshire.
United Services College. The college was founded in 1874 by a company of army officers. At that time, in the heyday of the British Empire, large numbers of Englishman and Woman lived abroad for much of their lives, working to run the Empire around the world, in the Armed Forces or in civil organizations such as the Indian Civil Service.
Colegio de servicios unidos. 51°02′20″N 4°14′03″O / 51,0388°N 4,2341°O / 51,0388; -4.2341 El United Services College era un colegio de chicos ingleses. escuela pública para hijos de oficiales militares, ubicada en Westward Ho! cerca de Bideford en North Devon. Casi todos los niños eran internos.
The founding of the United Services Proprietary College Limited, at Westward Ho! was a reflection on the strains and stresses of Victorian society of the time. Army officers were considered to be members of the upper crust yet their salaries did not stretch far enough to allow them to send their sons to the ‘Great’ Public Schools, unless of ...
Anyone interested in the United Services College at Westward Ho! which formed the background for Stalky & Co. will turn to the excellent (but all too brief) account by Colonel H. A. Tapp, United Services College, 1874-1911, printed for private circulation in 1933, and its sequel, published in 1960.
The United Services College at Westward Ho! “…. Twelve bleak houses by the shore!”. Today the twelve houses have been split up into flats, as they were when the school took them over in 1874, and they look a bit sorry for themselves, though there is some renovation going on. George Beresford (‘Turkey’) reported in his book Schooldays ...
United Services College, Westward Ho! This page summarises records created by this Organisation. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering...
