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Dame Katharine Furse, GBE, RRC (née Symonds; 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).
Katherine Furse. Katharine Symonds, the daughter of the historian, John Addington Symonds and Janet Catherine, was born on 23rd November 1875. Katharine married the artist, Charles Wellington Furse in 1900, but Furse died four years later leaving her with two young children.
Dame Katharine Furse. (1875-1952), Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service; nurse and nursing administrator; Director of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Sitter in 11 portraits. A pioneer in the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs). In 1914 Furse was sent to France to lead the first VAD unit to be sent abroad and ...
other name:Symonds, Katharine. Details. individual; publisher/printer; medical; British; Female. Life dates. 1875-1952. Address. Yockley House, Camberley, Surrey 1908. Biography. British nursing administrator; daughter of the author John Addington Symonds (1840-1893); appointed Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service in 1917 and awarded the ...
surprised to meet Furse in the street in 1928, still "strapping, tailor made" and "masterly."9 In 1932 Woolf was invited to dinner with Furse and accepted with apprehension after such a long gap: "tonight, to my considerable alarm, at opening an entirely new door, into an entirely new room, I dine with Katharine Furse." The evening was ...
Dame Katharine Furse addressing officers and ratings of the Womens Royal Naval Service (WRNS) who have passed through their preliminary training and are shortly to be drafted to various stations.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Dame Katharine Furse, GBE, RRC ( née Symonds; 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).
