Frederick Parsons was a Guardsman in the Grenadier Guards and was killed in action on 28th October 1914. He was mentioned in Dispatches from Field Marshal Sir John French on the 8th October 1914, and published in the London Gazette on the 9th December 1914 for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Having been killed, his younger brother Harry Parsons joined the army and was later also killed in action. Frederick Parsons was from Newport, South Wales and had been a serving Police Officer in Cardiff Police before joining the Grenadier Guards.

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