Awards Order of the Bath Name Lawrence Parsons Service/branch British Army | Role British Army officer Rank Lieutenant general Died 1923 Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 8th Division
6th Division
16th (Irish) Division Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Years of service 1870-1909
1914-1916 | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Lawrence Worthington Parsons KCB (1850–1923) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 6th Division.
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Military career
Brought up in Parsonstown in King's County, Parsons was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1870. 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. He was appointed Inspector General of Artillery in India in 1903, General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Southern Ireland in 1906 and General Officer Commanding 6th Division also in Southern Ireland in 1907 before retiring in 1909. He was recalled as General Officer Commanding 16th (Irish) Division in 1914 at the start of World War I and retired again in 1916.
Family
In 1880 he married Florence Belinda Graves.