Charles William Furse
Service number
70233
Military unit
13th Maintenance Unit Royal Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
20 Jul 1940 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
He was educated at Winchester House Repton where he was Head Boy in 1928 and again in 1933. He then went to Emmanuel College Cambridge where he graduated with Honours in Mechanical Sciences. He was President of the university Engineering Society i 1936. He also joined the university Air Squadron.
After university, he was apprenticed for 5 years at Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd before moving to Furse Ltd Nottingham in 1938.
He was a member of Nottingham's Borough Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
He was the son of William Francis and Edith Sarah Furse of Pelham Lodge, Ruddington.
Military history
Magister I - L8287 - 13 MU - hit building low flying and crashed Letchworth Gasworks, Hertfordshire.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
CWGC headstone of Charles William Furse
Photo: David Nunn
Death notice of Charles William Furse
Charles William Furse
Photo: Courtesy of the Nottingham Evening Post 22/7/1940