(1865-04-21)21 April 1865 Staines, Middlesex, England[1]
Died
31 May 1953(1953-05-31) (aged 88) Buckinghamshire, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1884–1920
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
9th (Scottish) Division
Battles/wars
Second Boer War First World War
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order
Spouse(s)
Jean Adelaide Furse
Children
4, including Judith Furse and Roger Furse
Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse, KCB, KCMG, DSO (21 April 1865 – 31 May 1953) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance during the First World War.[2]
^1871 England Census
^"Obituary: Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse". The Times. 1 June 1953. p. 8.
Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse, KCB, KCMG, DSO (21 April 1865 – 31 May 1953) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General...
Judith Furse (4 March 1912 – 29 August 1974) was an English actress. She was a member of the Furse family; her father was Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse...
included the sculptor John Henry Monsell Furse, Lt.-Gen. Sir WilliamFurse and the artist Charles Wellington Furse. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College...
George and Dragon and unveiled on 5 December 1920 by Major General Sir WilliamFurse. The Bishop of Rochester unveiled a tablet in their honour in February...
(1872–1956) and Edith Furse (1867–1960), daughter of Rev. Charles Furse was Archdeacon of Westminster. He was a great-grandson of Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd...
subsidiary operation and the 9th (Scottish) Division (Major-General WilliamFurse) was repulsed from Waterlot Farm but on the left got into Delville Wood...
Division (Major-General John Shea) and the 9th Division (Major-General WilliamFurse) and 15th Division (Major-General Frederick McCracken) took over from...
of time for exploitation. The 9th (Scottish) Division (Major-General WilliamFurse) and the 3rd Division (Major-General Aylmer Haldane) in XIII Corps were...
Fulton Major-General (Francis William) Edward Fursdon CB MBE (1925—2007), Royal Engineers Lieutenant-General Sir WilliamFurse Lieutenant-General Sir Richard...
Including; Rev. Michael Bolton Furse (12 October 1870 – 18 June 1955), an Anglican bishop and Sir William Thomas Furse (21 April 1865 – 31 May 1953),...
May 1969 June 1969: William Quincy Roberts of Stonewalls, Newton St. Loe, near Bath 1970: John Anthony Clark 1971: Henry WilliamFurse Hoskyns of South Petherton...
Townshend; administrative officers such as Stanley Brenton von Donop, William Furse, Nevil Macready, George Macdonogh, Ronald Charles Maxwell and Travers Clarke...
Dame Katharine Furse, GBE, RRC (née Symonds; 23 November 1875 – 25 November 1952) was a British nursing and military administrator. She led the British...
It was based on a commercial licence of the Qasar M8 developed by Tony Furse of Creative Strategies in Sydney, Australia. It was one of the earliest...
Commander: Major-General Henry Hudson later replaced by Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney V Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe VII...
and 23rd divisions were relieved by the 9th Division (Major-General WilliamFurse) and 15th (Scottish) Division (Major-General Frederick McCracken) from...
Military offices Preceded by WilliamFurse General Officer Commanding the 9th (Scottish) Division December 1916 – March 1918 Succeeded by Cyril Blacklock...
1902, Thesiger married Frances Fremantle, daughter of General Fitzroy William Fremantle, and the couple had two children, daughter Oona Thesiger (later...
Henry WilliamFurse "Bill" Hoskyns MBE (19 March 1931 – 4 August 2013) was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games., Hoskyns, born in London...
Charles Wellington Furse ARA (13 January 1868 – 16 October 1904) was an English painter. He was born at Staines, the son of Jane Diana (Monsell) and the...
General Royal Artillery, he was Artillery Advisor at General Headquarters; William Robertson, Chief of Staff to the BEF in 1915, later stated that he had...
remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over. The age of Augustus John was dawning." He was the younger...
Headmistress, Sherwood County Primary School, Mitcham, Surrey. Henry WilliamFurse Hoskyns. For services to British Fencing. Anne Robinson Howieson, Senior...
Cecilia Newbolt (1890–1975), who in 1914 married Lt. Col. Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse KCMG DSO (1887–1973), the Head of Recruitment at the Colonial Service. Newbolt...