United Services College

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Coordinates: 51°02′24″N 4°14′17″W / 51.040°N 4.238°W / 51.040; -4.238 The United Services College was an English private boys' public boarding school for the sons of military officers, located at Westward Ho! near Bideford in North Devon. It was founded to prepare pupils for military service, many of them graduating to Sandhurst and Dartmouth Naval College.

History

The college was founded in 1874 and was absorbed by the Imperial Service College in 1906, which in turn merged with Haileybury school in 1942.

As at virtually all boys' schools of its era, corporal punishment (strokes of the cane) was used, but USC was very unusual in that the cane was applied to the student's upper back (as described by Kipling) rather than the buttocks.^{[citation needed]}

Notable former pupils

Rudyard Kipling, writer. His collection of stories, Stalky & Co, is based on his experiences at the College.
Major-General Lionel Dunsterville CB, CSI. A contemporary of Kipling, he was the inspiration for the character of Stalky, in the Stalky & Co. stories.
Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist and author
Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, VC, CB (attended United Services College Day Boy 1875). He was a Major when he earned his VC.^[1]^[2]
Brigadier General George William St. George Grogan, VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (attended United Services College 1890 - 1893)^[2]
Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC, Croix de Guerre (France and Belgium)
Earl of Gowrie & Viscount Ruthven of Canberra. (attended United Services College 1882.2). He was a Captain when he earned his VC.^[2]
Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell, VC, CSI, DSO & Bar, (attended United Services College 1883 - 1890) ^[2]^[3]
Captain Anketell Moutray Read, VC, (attended United Services College 1898 - 1902)^[2]
Major General Cyril Wagstaff, Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Archibald Ritchie (1869 - 1955), British Army Major-General of World War I
Colonel Bernard Underwood Nicolay (attended 1887 - 1892)

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References

↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 455, (A. Constable and Company)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Haileybury College Archives - Roll of Honour
↑ Francis Aylmer Maxwell, (1921), Frank Maxwell: A Memoir and Some Letters, page 9, (J. Murray)

v t e Schools in Devon

Secondary	All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth Axe Valley Community College Braunton Academy Clyst Vale Community College Coombe Dean School Coombeshead Academy Dartmouth Academy Dawlish Community College Eggbuckland Community College Exmouth Community College Hele's School Honiton Community College The Ilfracombe Academy Ivybridge Community College King Edward VI Community College The King's School Newton Abbot College Notre Dame Roman Catholic School Paignton Community College The Park Community School Plymstock School Queen Elizabeth's Community College Ridgeway School South Dartmoor Community College St Boniface's Catholic College Stoke Damerel Community College Tavistock College Teign School Teignmouth Community School Torquay Academy Tiverton High School UTC Plymouth Westlands School

Grammar	Churston Ferrers Grammar School Colyton Grammar School Devonport High School for Boys Devonport High School for Girls Plymouth High School for Girls Torquay Boys' Grammar School Torquay Girls' Grammar School

Independent	Blundell's School Bramdean School Education First EF International Academy Exeter School Kelly College Kingsley School The Maynard School Plymouth College Sands School Shebbear College Trinity School West Buckland School

Special	Oakwood Court College

Closed	Allhallows College Edgehill College Grenville College Hele's Grammar School Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Stokelake Residential School United Services College

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