Harold Parsons

Major-General Sir Harold Daniel Edmund Parsons KCMG, CB (3 July 1863 – 13 February 1925) was a British Army officer.

Sir Harold Parsons
Born3 July 1863
Died13 February 1925 (1925-02-14) (aged 61)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1882–1923
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsThird Anglo-Burmese War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Parsons was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment 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

Parsons Barracks at Donnington near Telford, Shropshire was named for him.

References

  1. "Sir Harold Parsons". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. "Major-General Sir Harold Daniel Edmund Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B,". Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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