Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Dame Katharine Furse NPG x27095

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

A pioneer in the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs). In 1914 Furse was sent to France to lead the first VAD unit to be sent abroad and later that year she was promoted to commandant-in-chief. After becoming frustrated at her lack of reforming powers, Furse left the VADs in 1917 and took up the position of 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... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.