Person    | Female  Born 23/11/1875  Died 25/11/1952

Dame Katharine Furse

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Italy, Switzerland

Born Katharine Symonds in Bristol. She spent most of her early life in Switzerland and Italy. She joined the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Department in 1909, and at the outbreak of WW1, she headed the first Voluntary Aid Detachment in France. In 1917 she became the first Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)

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Dame Katharine Furse

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{Beneath the WRNS badge:} On this site in January 1918 Dame Katharine Furse G...

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