Harold Parsons

Parsons was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) as a lieutenant on 10 May 1882.^[1] He saw active service during the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, was promoted to captain on 12 April 1891, and to major on 29 September 1898.^[2] After transfer as an ordnance officer in April 1900, he served in South Africa during the Second Boer War.^[1] 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.^[3]

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, four months before his death in February 1925, aged 61.^[4]

Parsons Barracks at Donnington near Telford, Shropshire was named for him.^[5]