page_title: George Archer-Shee
hierarchical_section_title: George Archer-Shee
caption_attribution_description: English: George Archer-Shee (1895-1914), Royal Navy cadet traducted in the High Court of Justice in 1910, innocent; commissioned in the British Army in 1913, killed at war in 1914. Français&#160;: George Archer-Shee (1895-1914), cadet de la Royal Navy, accusé de vol puis innocenté, mort à la guerre en 1914.
context_page_description: George Archer-Shee was a Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five shilling postal order was decided in the High Court of Justice in 1910. Archer-Shee was successfully defended by barrister and politician Sir Edward Carson. The trial, which became a British cause célèbre, was the inspiration for the 1946 Terence Rattigan play The Winslow Boy, which has been the basis of two films. Following his acquittal, the boy's family were paid compensation in July 1911. Archer-Shee was commissioned in the British Army in 1913, and killed aged 19, at the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914.
context_section_description: George Archer-Shee (6 May 1895 – 31 October 1914) was a Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five shilling postal order was decided in the High Court of Justice in 1910. Archer-Shee was successfully defended by barrister and politician Sir Edward Carson. The trial, which became a British cause célèbre, was the inspiration for the 1946 Terence Rattigan play The Winslow Boy, which has been the basis of two films. Following his acquittal, the boy's family were paid compensation in July 1911. Archer-Shee was commissioned in the British Army in 1913, and killed aged 19, at the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914.
caption: George Archer-Shee, cadet at the Royal Navy College.
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