George Archer-Shee

George Archer-Shee (6 May 1895 – 31 October 1914) was a young Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five shilling postal order was decided in London's High Court in 1910. Archer-Shee was successfully defended against the charges by the notable barrister and politician, Sir Edward Carson. Following his acquittal, the boy's family were paid compensation in July 1911.

The trial, which became a British cause célèbre, was the inspiration for the play The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan which has twice been the basis of films.

Archer-Shee was commissioned in the British Army in 1913, and killed aged 19, at the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914.

He was the son of Martin Archer-Shee and his second wife Helen Treloar. His father was a banker and grandson of the painter Martin Archer Shee. His half-brother was Martin Archer-Shee.

Archer-Shee became a cadet at Osborne Naval College on the Isle of Wight in January 1908. The college, which was part of the estate of the late Queen Victoria, educated and trained 14- to 16-year-olds in their first two years in the Royal Navy. Further studies then continued at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in Devon. Osborne Naval College closed in April 1921.

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