Plaque

Dame Katharine Furse

Inscription

{Beneath the WRNS badge:}
On this site in January 1918 Dame Katharine Furse GBE established the first headquarters of the WRNS.
Women's Royal Naval Service

Site: Dame Katharine Furse (1 memorial)

W1, Stanhope Gate, 15

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Dame Katharine Furse

Born Katharine Symonds in Bristol. She spent most of her early life in Switze...

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