Lawrence Parsons (British Army officer)

Sir Lawrence Parsons
Born 1850
Died 1923
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1870-1909
1914-1916
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands held 8th Division
6th Division
16th (Irish) Division
Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Sir Lawrence Worthington Parsons KCB (1850–1923) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 6th Division.

Military career

Brought up in Parsonstown in King's County,[1] Parsons was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1870.[2] He served in the Second Boer War and took part in the Battle of Colenso, the Battle of Spion Kop and the Relief of Ladysmith.[2] He was appointed Inspector General of Artillery in India in 1903, General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Southern Ireland in 1906[3] and General Officer Commanding 6th Division also in Southern Ireland in 1907 before retiring in 1909.[2] He was recalled as General Officer Commanding 16th (Irish) Division in 1914 at the start of World War I and retired again in 1916.[2]

Family

In 1880 he married Florence Belinda Graves.[4]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
William Knox
General Officer Commanding the 8th Division
19061907
Succeeded by
Post Disbanded
Preceded by
Theodore Stephenson
General Officer Commanding the 6th Division
19071909
Succeeded by
Charles Metcalfe