Harold Parsons
Sir Harold Parsons | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1863 |
| Died | 13 February 1925 (aged 61) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1882–1923 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles / wars | Third Anglo-Burmese War Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Sir Harold Daniel Edmund Parsons KCMG, CB (3 July 1863 – 13 February 1925) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Parsons was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 10 May 1882.[1] He saw active service during the Third Anglo-Burmese War and then, as an ordnance officer, during the Second Boer War.[1] He also served in the First World War and then became Principal Ordnance Officer in 1920 before retiring in 1923.[1]
Parsons was appointed Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 18 October 1924,[2] four months before his death in February 1925, aged 61.
Namesake
[edit]Parsons Barracks at Donnington near Telford, Shropshire was named for him.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sir Harold Parsons". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Major-General Sir Harold Daniel Edmund Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B". Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
Categories:
- 1863 births
- 1925 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army major generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Queen's Royal Regiment officers
- British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers