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On this site in January 1918 Dame Katharine Furse GBE established the first headquarters of the WRNS.
Women's Royal Naval Service
W1, Stanhope Gate, 15
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dame Katharine Furse
Born Katharine Symonds in Bristol. She spent most of her early life in Switze...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dame Katharine Furse
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