Dame Katharine Furse (1875-1952), Nurse and nursing administrator
Sitter in 11 portraits
A pioneer in the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments U(VADs), Katharine Furse served in France from 1914-17. In November 1917 she became Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service. This embryo service, although disbanded after one year, established a basis upon which the full service was founded some 20 years later. After the War Dame Katharine, who had grown up in Switzerland, joined Sir Henry Lunn's travel agency and became a representative of the Ski Club of Great Britain.
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, 1943 (1919)
NPG x89307
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1919
NPG x92099
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, after 1919
NPG x92100
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1919
NPG x92101
by Elliott & Fry
postcard print, 1919
NPG x16310
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 31 January 1940
NPG x27093
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 31 January 1940
NPG x27094
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 31 January 1940
NPG x27095
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 31 January 1940
NPG x27096
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 31 January 1940
NPG x27097
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x6505
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