Background
He was the son of the Reverend and Mrs J. Ash Parsons, of Leysian Mission, City Road, London.
He was the son of the Reverend and Mrs J. Ash Parsons, of Leysian Mission, City Road, London.
He was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham Street Annes, Kingswood School, Bath, and as a medical student at the University of Bristol, preparing for Medical Missionary Work.
He was 20 years old, and a temporary second lieutenant in the 14th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 20/21 August 1917 near Epehy, France, during a night attack by the enemy on his bombing post, the bombers holding the post were forced back, but Second Lieutenant Parsons remained at his post. Single-handed and although severely burnt by liquid fire, he continued to hold up the enemy with bombs until severely wounded. Second Lieutenant Parsons died of his wounds.
He was buried at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France.