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Historical records matching Lt. Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse, KCB, KCMG, DSO
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About Lt. Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse, KCB, KCMG, DSO
Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse KCB KCMG DSO (1865–1953) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Furse was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1884. He was Aide-de-Camp to Lord Roberts from 1891 to 1893.
He served in the Second Boer War as a Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at Army Headquarters. In 1911 he was appointed Commander 12th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
He served in World War I initially as a General Staff Officer on the British Expeditionary Force and then as General Officer Commanding 9th (Scottish) Division from 1915. He was made Master-General of the Ordnance in 1916; in this capacity he opposed the introduction of the Madsen machine gun, preferring the Lewis gun. He retired in 1920.
Source: Wikipedia contributors, 'William Furse', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Residence: 1871 - The Vicarage, Staines, Middlesex, England
- Reference: 1871 England & Wales Census - SmartCopy: Feb 22 2017, 4:41:45 UTC
- Residence: Apr 2 1911 - Crawley Hill, House Camberley, Surrey, England
- Reference: 1911 England & Wales Census - SmartCopy: Feb 22 2017, 4:55:34 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Feb 22 2017, 4:49:56 UTC
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Lt. Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse, KCB, KCMG, DSO's Timeline
| 1865 |
April 21, 1865
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Staines, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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| 1900 |
March 6, 1900
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Chelsea, London, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1902 |
March 26, 1902
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Chelsea, London, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1903 |
September 11, 1903
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Ightham, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1912 |
March 4, 1912
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Camberley, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1953 |
May 31, 1953
Age 88
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Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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