Harold Parsons
Sir Harold Parsons | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1863 |
| Died | 13 February 1925 (aged 61) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch |  British Army |
Service years | 1882–1923 |
Rank | Major-General |
Conflicts | 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) as a lieutenant on 10 May 1882.[1][2] He saw active service during the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, was promoted to captain on 12 April 1891,[3] and to major on 29 September 1898.[4][5]
After transfer as an ordnance officer in April 1900, he served in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[2] Staying in South Africa after the end of the war (June 1902), he left Cape Town for Southampton on the SS Staffordshire in January 1903.[6]
He also served in the First World War, being promoted to honorary major general on 1 January 1917,[7] and then became principal ordnance officer in 1920 before retiring in 1923.[2]
Parsons was appointed colonel commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps[8] on 18 October 1924, four months before his death in February 1925, aged 61.[9]
Namesake
[edit]Parsons Barracks at Donnington near Telford, Shropshire was named for him.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "No. 25105". The London Gazette. 9 May 1882. p. 2157.
- 1 2 3 "Sir Harold Parsons". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ "No. 26160". The London Gazette. 12 May 1891. p. 2543.
- ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1903
- ↑ "No. 27014". The London Gazette. 14 October 1898. p. 5988.
- ↑ "Troops returning for South Africa". The Times. No. 36998. London. 7 February 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 15.
- ↑ "No. 32987". The London Gazette. 31 October 1924. p. 7860.
- ↑ "Major-General Sir Harold Daniel Edmund Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B". Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ "A proud military history lost in the mists of time" (PDF). Shropshire Business. 1 November 2016. p. 52. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- 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