William Furse

Sir

William Furse

KCB KCMG DSO
Lieutenant General Sir William Furse
Born(1865-04-21)21 April 1865
Staines, Middlesex, England[1]
Died31 May 1953(1953-05-31) (aged 88)
Buckinghamshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1884–1920
RankLieutenant General
Commands9th (Scottish) Division
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight 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
Children4, 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]

Early life and family

Furse was born in Staines, Middlesex, the second son of the Ven. Charles Furse (born Johnson), Archdeacon of Westminster, and Jane Diana Monsell, second daughter of John Samuel Bewley Monsell, vicar of Egham. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. The artist, Charles Wellington Furse, and the bishop, Rt. Rev. Michael Furse, were his younger brothers.[2][1]

Furse was the father of the artist and designer Roger Furse and the actress Judith Furse.[3]

Military career

Furse was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 5 July 1884.[4][5] He was aide-de-camp to Lord Roberts from 1891 to 1893,[4] and was promoted to captain on 30 May 1893.[6]

Furse served during the Second Boer War as a deputy assistant quartermaster general (DAQMG) at army headquarters,[4] and was promoted to major on 15 March 1900.[7] He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in April 1901.[8]

Following the end of the war in June 1902, Furse was on 15 October appointed DAQMG to the 2nd Army Corps based at Salisbury Plain.[9][10] In January 1908, while serving at the Staff College, Camberley, as a general staff officer, grade 2 (GSO2), he was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel.[11]

In 1911 he was appointed commander of the 12th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.[4] In October 1913 he was promoted to colonel,[12] and succeeded Colonel George Milne as general staff officer, grade 1 (GSO1), effectively chief of staff, of the 6th Division.[13]

Artwork of Major General William Furse.

Furse served in the First World War, still with the 6th Division as its GSO1, serving with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). He was promoted to the temporary rank of major general in September 1915,[14] and served as general officer commanding (GOC) of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the Western Front.[4] His rank of major general was made substantive in January 1916[15] and he became Master-General of the Ordnance later in the year; in this capacity he opposed the introduction of the Madsen machine gun, preferring the Lewis gun.[16] In February 1915 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[17]

He was made a colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery in October 1919,[18] and retired from the army in March 1920.[4][19]

References

  1. ^ a b 1871 England Census
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse". The Times. 1 June 1953. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Judith Furse – A Gay Nun?". powell-pressburger.org. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Sir William Thomas Furse Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  5. ^ "No. 25376". The London Gazette. 15 July 1884. p. 3226.
  6. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  7. ^ "No. 27177". The London Gazette. 27 March 1900. p. 2040.
  8. ^ "No. 11296". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 April 1901. p. 467.
  9. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence – The Second Army Corps". The Times. No. 36903. London. 20 October 1902. p. 8.
  10. ^ "No. 27487". The London Gazette. 24 October 1902. p. 6739.
  11. ^ "No. 28318". The London Gazette. 17 December 1909. p. 9594.
  12. ^ "No. 28763". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1913. p. 7064.
  13. ^ "No. 28763". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1913. p. 7063.
  14. ^ "No. 29335". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 October 1915. p. 10376.
  15. ^ "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 86.
  16. ^ Hansard 29 May 1918
  17. ^ "No. 12780". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 March 1915. p. 357.
  18. ^ "No. 31801". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1920. p. 2437.
  19. ^ "No. 31801". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1920. p. 2438.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 9th (Scottish) Division
1915–1916 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Master-General of the Ordnance
1916–1919 		Succeeded by

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