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=== Combined Cadet Force ===

Pupils of the school in their second year are currently required to serve in the college's [[Combined Cadet Force]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Combined Cadet Force |url=http://www.winchestercollege.org/combined-cadet-force |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621021137/http://www.winchestercollege.org/combined-cadet-force |archive-date=21 June 2010 |url-status=dead |publisher=Winchester College |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>

The organisation was founded in 1860 as "The Winchester College Rifle Volunteer Corps" by various boys in their top year as a result of the perceived threat of [[Napoleon III]] after the [[Orsini plot]], and remained entirely autonomous until it was taken over by the Second Master in 1868. It was enrolled as a Cadet Corps in the 1st Hants Volunteer Battalion. In 1908, the Officer Training Corps was established, and by 1914, through the request of the [[War Office]] that Senior Cadets be given appropriate training for the war effort, almost every student became involved in the Corps, though it was never explicitly compulsory. In the Second World War, it was renamed as "The Junior Training Corps", though its function was still to prepare boys for Officer responsibilities. [[Bernard Montgomery|Montgomery]] remarked on inspecting the Corps in 1946 that there was "latent leadership in all ranks". In 1948, the "Junior Training Corps" became known as the "Combined Cadet Force" (CCF) which incorporated [[RAF]] and [[Royal Navy|RN]] sections. In 1963, "Alternative Service Activities" were introduced for boys who did not want to join the CCF. Pupils were made eligible to opt out of the CCF at the end of their second year after starting at the beginning of the year: this is still the school's policy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armoury |url=http://www.winchestercollege.org/UserFiles/pdfs/Armoury.pdf |publisher=Winchester College |access-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141752/http://www.winchestercollege.org/UserFiles/pdfs/Armoury.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 |date=2005 |url-status=dead}} Further history of the CCF is given in {{harvnb|Sabben-Clare|1981|pp=169–176}}</ref>