Awards & Winners

Francis Newton Parsons

Date of Birth 23-March-1875
Place of Birth Dover
(United Kingdom, Dover District)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Francis Newton Parsons VC was educated at Dover College, joined the Essex Regiment and served in the Second Boer War. He 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.

Awards by Francis Newton Parsons

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1900


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 15th February, 1900 as Lieutenant of the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment during the Second Boer War.)