Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Wimbledon (Gap Road) Cemetery | B. A7. 11. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.131 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 31B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians Member of the Royal College of Surgeons | ||
Family :
Son of Mrs. Emmeline Parsons, of 47, Cottenham Park Rd., Wimbledon, and the late Thomas Edward Parsons.Attended St Thomas' Hospital 1897-1903; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. & D.P.H. 1903
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Action : No Data |
No Data has been recorded for the final action, because none has yet been found. If you have any information to offer, please contact the Project Team so we can add.
Detail :
British Medical Journal 2nd October, 1915: "Lieutenant Edward Daniell Parsons, R.A.M.C. died at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth of illness contracted on active service, on September 21st, aged 37. He was the elder and only surviving son of the late Dr. T. E. Parsons, of Paddock House, Wimbledon, and was educated at St. Thomas's Hospital, taking the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1903, and the D.P.H. of the London Colleges in 1903. After qualifying he served as house-physician to the Evelina Hospital for Children, as clinical assistant to the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Women and Children, and as assistant medical officer of health and bacteriologist to the Borough of Croydon. When the war began he was tuberculosis officer and deputy medical officer of health to the Borough of Northampton. He took a temporary commission as lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. on November 2nd, 1914, was sent to Alexandria in June and was invalided from that station."
Landed in Egypt 25th May, 1915. Died of Wounds.
Probate PARSONS Edward Daniell of 47 Cottenham Park-road Wimbledon Surrey lieutenant R.A.M.C. died 20 September 1915 at 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth Surrey Probate London 18 January to Emmeline Parsons widow. Effects £1210 9s. 10d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | De la Pre No. 1911 E.C. | Northampton & Huntingdon |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
11th December 1913 | 8th January 1914 | 12th February 1914 |
Medical Doctor from Northampton. M.R.C.S. "Died September 1915."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley