The Winslow Boy The Winslow Boy The Winslow Boy is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an incident involving George Archer-Shee in the Edwardian era. The incident took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Set against the strict codes of conduct and manners of the age, "The Winslow Boy" is based on a father's fight to clear his son's name after the boy is expelled from Osborne Naval College for stealing a five-shilling postal order. To clear the boy's name was imperative for the family's honour; had they not done so, they would have been shunned by their
Naval Cadet Corps (Russia) Naval Corps - St. Petersburg Naval Institute. Naval Cadet Corps (Russia) The Naval Cadet Corps (), occasionally translated as the Marine Cadet Corps or the Sea Cadet Corps, is an educational establishment for educating Naval officers for commissioning in the Russian Navy in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest existing institution of higher learning in Russia. The first maritime educational school was established by Peter the Great in Moscow as the "School of Navigation and Mathematical Sciences" in 1701. The school was moved to St Petersburg in 1713 as the" Naval Guard Academy". The school was renamed the "Naval Cadet