BORN HULL 1879. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH PARSONS (1845-1911) AND ANNIE PARSONS (1848-1920), OF 370, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS.
HE JOINED THE HUSSARS IN 1900. IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WORKED IN STATIONARY, POST OFFICE.
MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HIS WIFE, CLARA GUNTHER PARSONS (BORN 21 JUNE 1881), LIVED AT 34, CHOLMLEY STREET, HULL AND 346 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). 346 HESSLE ROAD IS A THREE STORY SHOP. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, EILEEN AND AUDREY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 3RD HUSSARS. (Corps of Hussars. 3rd (Kings Own) Hussars). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/10/1918, AGED 38. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HE LEFT £1,171 IN HIS WILL TO HIS SISTER, EFFIE CLARA PARSONS WHO WAS A NEWSAGENT AND STATIONER AND AUSTIN THOMAS PAWSON, (WEIGHER)
