2/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.

Awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette of 28 December 1917.

Parsons was a native of Burnley, Lancashire.

A New Years Honours award without citation.

Captain in the 29th County of Lancaster (Burnley) Battalion, Home Guards during the 1939 - 1945 War.

Commissioned during 1915 from the ranks after enlisting into the 11th Battalion, Accrington Pals(number 16053).