Career
He was a Colonel in the 42nd Royal Highlanders Black Watch and author of The Art of Marching (1901), Information in War: its Acquisition and Transmission (1895), Mobilization and Embarkation of an Army Corps (1883), Military Expeditions beyond the Seas (1897), Provisioning Armies in the Field (1899), and Marengo and Hohenlinden (1903). His 1883 book The Lincolnshire of Communication was republished in 2008 by Kessinger Publishing
Furse is buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery.