Harold Parsons

Major-General

Sir Harold Parsons

KCMG CB
Born3 July 1863
Died13 February 1925(1925-02-13) (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
AwardsKnight 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

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

Parsons Barracks at Donnington near Telford, Shropshire was named for him.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 25105". The London Gazette. 9 May 1882. p. 2157.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sir Harold Parsons". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "No. 26160". The London Gazette. 12 May 1891. p. 2543.
  4. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  5. ↑ "No. 27014". The London Gazette. 14 October 1898. p. 5988.
  6. ↑ "Troops returning for South Africa". The Times. No. 36998. London. 7 February 1903. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 15.
  8. ↑ "No. 32987". The London Gazette. 31 October 1924. p. 7860.
  9. ↑ "Major-General Sir Harold Daniel Edmund Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B". Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "A proud military history lost in the mists of time" (PDF). Shropshire Business. 1 November 2016. p. 52. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
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