| Birth: | Mar. 23, 1875 | | Death: | Mar. 11, 1900 | 
2nd Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment, British Army. At the Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa, February 15, 1900, Lieutenant Parsons went to the aid of a wounded comrade twice under heavy fire and subsequently carried him to a place of safety. Lieutenant Parsons was later killed in another action on which occasion he again displayed conspicuous gallantry. He was posthumously awarded the posthumous in November 1900. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Driefontein Cemetery
Driefontein
Free State, South Africa |
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