Islington Studios control of the Rank Organisation when it bought Gainsborough in 1941. Following the war, Islington were re-opened. In 1946 Betty Box was placed in charge of the studios when her brother Sydney Box was appointed by Rank to run Gainsborough Pictures. Over the next three years the studio turned out a large number of thrillers and comedies. In 1949 both Islington and Shepherd's Bush were closed when Rank concentrated production at Pinewood Studios. Today a block of flats stand where the studio used to be. Islington Studios Islington Studios often known as Gainsborough Studios were a British film studio located
Reduction in rank In modern Russia this post-WW2 version of the punishment is still used. On December 22, 2015, Konstantin Grishin (better known as Semen Semenchenko) was demoted in rank while serving as the commander of the voluntary Donbass battalion. While all of the other punishments he received. The reason for the demotion in rank was the fact that he does not have the appropriate training and education to carry the title of Lieutenant. For example, during the Third Reich, the SS officer Helmut Knochen was demoted in rank because, during the coup attempt of 20 July 1944, he did not adequately resist