Awards & Winners

Hardy Falconer Parsons

Date of Birth 13-June-1897
Place of Birth Rishton
(United Kingdom)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Hardy Falconer Parsons VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the son of the Reverend and Mrs J. Ash Parsons, of Leysian Mission, City Road, London. He was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes, Kingswood School, Bath, and as a medical student at the University of Bristol, preparing for Medical Missionary Work.

Awards by Hardy Falconer Parsons

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1917


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 20th to 21st August, 1917 as Acting Second Lieutenant of the Gloucestershire Regiment during the First World War. Posthumously awarded.)