The five years, 1917–22, he spent at Eton are one of the mysteries of Eric Blair / George Orwell’s life. A “Colleger” (his family could not otherwise have paid for his education there), he was primed ...
Eton, Sandhurst, the Guards ... choice for someone of his background when he came into work wearing his old school tie one day. "This bloke came in and said, What are you doing wearing that ...