(1875-11-23)23 November 1875 Bristol, Great Britain
Died
25 November 1952(1952-11-25) (aged 77) London, Great Britain
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Women's Royal Naval Service
Rank
Director
Commands held
Women's Royal Naval Service (1917–19)
Battles/wars
First World War
Awards
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Royal Red Cross
Spouse(s)
Charles Wellington Furse
(m. 1900; died 1904)
Relations
John Addington Symonds (father) Marianne North (aunt) Elizabeth Furse (granddaughter)
Other work
Director of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (1928–38)
Dame Katharine Furse, GBE, RRC (néeSymonds; 23 November 1875 – 25 November 1952) was a British nursing and military administrator. She led the British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment force during the First World War, and served as the inaugural Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (1917–19). Furse was also the first Director of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (1928–38).
Dame KatharineFurse, GBE, RRC (née Symonds; 23 November 1875 – 25 November 1952) was a British nursing and military administrator. She led the British...
Reynolds Furse. Her paternal grandparents were painter Charles Wellington Furse and nursing and military administrator Dame KatharineFurse GBE RRC. She...
October 1900 he married Katharine Symonds, the daughter of John Addington Symonds. She later became known as Dame KatharineFurse. The couple had two sons...
continuity of care to certain patients when hospital transfers occurred. KatharineFurse took two VADs to France in October 1914, restricting them to serve...
Serbian Relief Fund Flora, Lady Reid 10 November 1867 1 September 1950 KatharineFurse 23 November 1875 25 November 1952 Commandant-in-Chief, Women's Voluntary...
and military administrator) Dame KatharineFurse (formerly Katherine Symonds). His father died in the same week Furse was born. He had 4 uncles and 4 aunts...
Margaret (Madge) (born 1869) and Katharine (born 1875; she was later honoured for her writing as Dame KatharineFurse). Edward Lear wrote "The Owl and...
of her family in the National Library of Ireland. KatharineFurse's husband, Charles Wellington Furse painted a portrait of Cane. Hawkins, Richard (2009)...
married Henry Graham Dakyns in 1902; he died in 1937. She worked with KatharineFurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) and then in the earliest days...
Detachment, where her sister Rachel was a member, along with her friend KatharineFurse. She was awarded the OBE on 23 June 1918 for her work as Commandant...
Archives, along with those of other British military women, such as Dame KatharineFurse, Dame Rachel Crowdy, and Brigadier Dame Mary Coulshed. National Archives...
Hospital. She met KatharineFurse in 1911, volunteering to serve as a Red Cross nurse in case of invasion. At the outset of World War I, Furse and Crowdy travelled...
Pennsylvania Law School Jill Frappier (born 1944), British voice actress Jill Furse (1915–1944), English actress Jill Gascoine (1937−2020), English actress...
Edminson - Michael Field - J. E. Flecker - John Freeman - Margaret C. Furse - John Galsworthy - Wilfred Wilson Gibson - Julian Grenfell - Thomas Hardy...
owned a house, It isn't all Greek to me, illustrated by Oscar winner Roger Furse. He was also the author of a non-fiction book about his experiences during...
record for the biggest gap between acting wins, subsequently broken by Katharine Hepburn (48 years between her first and last wins). The documentary film...
year was notable for the first—and so far, only—tie for Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand shared the award, for their performances...
Marshall, Ben Carruthers, John Bindon, Robert Russell, Sheila Raynor, Judith Furse United States McCabe & Mrs. Miller Robert Altman Warren Beatty, Julie Christie...
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