Category:Katharine Furse

**Katharine Furse**
	British nursing administrator and International Scouting leader Катарина Фурс
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Date of birth	23 November 1875; Clifton
Date of death	25 November 1952; University College Hospital
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, –1927);
Occupation	nurse; autobiographer;
Position held	director (Women's Royal Naval Service, 1917–);
Father	John Addington Symonds;
Mother	Janet Catherine North;
Sibling	Margaret Symonds;
Child	Peter Reynolds Furse; Paul Wellington Furse;
Spouse	Charles Wellington Furse (1900–1904);
Award received	Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (1917); Decoration of the Royal Red Cross;
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English: 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). Furse was also the first Director of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (1928–38)

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Katherine Furse, by Glyn Philpot.jpg 646 × 799; 245 KB
The Royal Navy on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q18710.jpg 800 × 629; 71 KB
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The Women's Royal Naval Service on the Home Front, 1917-1918 Q19693.jpg 800 × 620; 73 KB

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