William Furse

Sir William Furse
Lieutenant General Sir William Furse
Born	1865
Died	1953 (aged 87 or 88)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	9th (Scottish) Division
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse KCB KCMG DSO (1865–1953) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.

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.