United Services College

United Services College was an English public school for the sons of military officers, located at Westward Ho! near Bideford in North Devon. It was intended to prepare its pupils for military academies, such as Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

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The college was founded in 1874.

The United Services College was absorbed by the Imperial Service College in 1906 which in turn merged with Haileybury school in 1942.

Rudyard Kipling, writer
Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist and author
Lionel Dunsterville, British military officer. A contemporary of Kipling's, he was the inspiration for the character of Stalky, in the Stalky & Co. stories.

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