Talk:George Archer-Shee

message: My uncle, Miles Goodwin DSM, (1921-2001) served under Captain Terence Back on the Arctic Conveys during the Second World War. It was well-known by his crew that he was the 'complainant' in "the Winslow Boy" case.RodCrosby 02:48, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's quite interesting! I don't suppose you have some more info on what became of Terence Back? Might round off the article. David | Talk 15:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: My Grandparents reckoned that to the fury of Admiral "Jack" Fisher, both press and public were far more interested in the story of George Archer Shee than the new big, shiny and expensive Battleship "Dreadnought".
Didn't the RN consider itself above the law of the land as a Royal Perogative? When King Edward Vll was petitioned he wrote upon the petition "Let justice be done" and the RN was then in court.
When Archer Shee was killed in action his gallantry was such that he had been " mentioned in dispatches".
After losing the case the RN sat on the file for 50 years before making them available refusing all applications for access until the 50 year period had elapsed. No record seems to exist as to why, or who, considered that this file should be sealed for so long
When the late Edgar Lustgarden reconstructed the case on BBC radio he seemed unable to decide whether Archer Shee was innocent or otherwise but accepted that it was the original investigating Chief Petty Officer who suggested to the postmistress the idea about Archer Shee and stolen postal order.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.93.199.154 (talk) 11:48, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  newspaper priority. 

message: I have just read Bennett's book. One vital fact is missing - was the 'forged' signature like or unlike Back's true signature? This is surely absolutely crucial.  Taking the 'Agatha Christie' maxim of 'the most unlikely person did it' let me propose that Back himself broke into his own locker and pretended the postal order was stolen. Why? There was continuous thieving at Osborne; let us invoke another 'Agatha Christie' motif - the criminal who fakes a crime against himself to divert attention from himself. He then got Archer-Shee to cash the postal order (signed by himself legitimately). Why? Invoking Jonathan Wild the Great's 'double cross', to get rid of him as a dangerous accomplice who could shop him. Why would Archer-Shee not use this as a defence? Because Back had a hold over him worse than being expelled. What could be worse? Prosecution for theft or some homosexual scandal perhaps (that also was rife). Perhaps Beck and Archer-Shee were BOTH in a joint illegal/immoral enterprise.
109.144.219.8 (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: A theory

message: Why this person should have an authority control, while the publication in question is about him not by him?--unsigmed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.32.96.227 (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
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message: The statement "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 of officer training for a career in the Royal Navy"  looks wrong to me as the article would indicate that George Archer-Shee was only 12 when he became a cadet and 13 at the time of the incident. The main  Royal Naval College, Osborne article says "Boys were admitted at about the age of thirteen to follow a course lasting for six academic terms before proceeding to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth"  which again would not seem to fit with the statement here.  Dunarc (talk) 20:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statement that seems to contradict rest of article 

message: As I have noted at Talk:The Winslow Boy the two articles seem to contradict each other over the question of whether or not George's father instantly believed in his son's innocence - it says there  in the "Differences between reality and fiction" that "In the play, it was Ronnie's father who first believed in his innocence; in fact, it was his older brother, Martin, who persuaded their father"  which of course does not tie in with claim here that he 'instantly responded that "Nothing will make me believe the boy guilty of this charge, which shall be sifted by independent experts"'. As neither article cites a source for its claim it is difficult to be certain which is correct, but it would be good to try and get the articles to be consistent.  Dunarc (talk) 20:53, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict with the The Winslow Boy article