Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1953 Name William Furse | ||
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Commands held 9th (Scottish) Division Battles/wars Second Boer WarWorld War I Education Royal Grammar School, Guildford Children Roger K. Furse, Judith Furse Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order People also search for Roger K. Furse, Margaret Furse, Judith Furse, Phyllis Gordon Watts | ||
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.