GB 0099 KCLMA Parsons - PARSONS, Lt Gen Sir Lawrence Worthington (1850-1923)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Parsons Created 1914-1916, 1932, [1977], 1984 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born in 1850; Lt, Royal Artillery, 1870; Capt, 1880; Adjutant, Auxiliary Forces, 1881-1889; Maj, 1886; Lt Col, 1896; Col on Staff, South Africa, 1900-1901; Col on Staff, Salisbury Plain District, 1901-1903; Maj Gen 1903; Maj Gen, 1903; Inspector General, Artillery, India, 1903-1906; Lt Gen, 1909; commanded 6 Div, Cork, 1906-1909; retired 1909; re-employed to command 16 (Irish) Div, 1914-1915; replaced as Commanding Officer and retired, 1915; Col Commandant, Royal Artillery, 1917; died in 1923.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1985.

Papers relating to 16 (Irish) Div, 1914-1918, dated 1914-1918, 1932, [1977], 1984, notably a typescript transcript of extracts from Parson's diary, 1914-1916, relating to the raising and training of 16 (Irish) Div, 1914-1915, and their service in France, 1915-1916, copied in [1977]; correspondence, 1915-1918, principally comprising letters relating to Parson's replacement as Commanding Officer, 16 (Irish) Div, Nov 1915, and to 16 (Irish) Div's service in France under Maj Gen Sir William Hickie, 1916-1918; letters from officers of 16 (Irish) Div regarding their service in France, notably the battle of the Somme, 1916, and the third Battle of Ypres, 1917; 'John Redmond and General Parsons', a draft typescript article by Esmonde Robertson (Parsons' grandson) relating to political controversies surrounding the formation of 16 (Irish) Div during the period 1914-1915, written in [1977].

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm

Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich (Ref: MD/1111/7) and National Library of Ireland

The Royal Artillery Institution holds diary covering his service in Natal, 1899-1900 (Ref: MD/1111/1); letters, 1901-1905, from Gen Rt Hon Sir Redvers Henry Buller, FM Sir Evelyn Wood, FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Col William Riddell Birdwood, and Col Henry Crichton Sclater (Ref: MD/1111/2), letters to his wife on military operations, South African War, 1899-1900 (Ref: MD/1111/3), and letters on training manoeuvres (Ref: MD/1111/4). The National Library of Ireland holds copies of notes by Parsons on his role in World War One, while the papers of John Redmond include correspondence with Parsons relating to the 16th (Irish) Div.

Decorations: KCB
Oct 1996 Armed forces Belgium British Army Europe France Hickie , Sir , William Bernard , 1865-1950 , Knight , Major General International conflicts International relations Ireland Military organizations Organizations Political doctrines Redmond , John , 1856-1918 , Irish politician Robertson , Esmonde , fl 1977 , author Somme State security War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Ypres Wars (events)

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1985.

Papers relating to 16 (Irish) Div, 1914-1918, dated 1914-1918, 1932, [1977], 1984, notably a typescript transcript of extracts from Parson's diary, 1914-1916, relating to the raising and training of 16 (Irish) Div, 1914-1915, and their service in France, 1915-1916, copied in [1977]; correspondence, 1915-1918, principally comprising letters relating to Parson's replacement as Commanding Officer, 16 (Irish) Div, Nov 1915, and to 16 (Irish) Div's service in France under Maj Gen Sir William Hickie, 1916-1918; letters from officers of 16 (Irish) Div regarding their service in France, notably the battle of the Somme, 1916, and the third Battle of Ypres, 1917; 'John Redmond and General Parsons', a draft typescript article by Esmonde Robertson (Parsons' grandson) relating to political controversies surrounding the formation of 16 (Irish) Div during the period 1914-1915, written in [1977].

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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The Royal Artillery Institution holds diary covering his service in Natal, 1899-1900 (Ref: MD/1111/1); letters, 1901-1905, from Gen Rt Hon Sir Redvers Henry Buller, FM Sir Evelyn Wood, FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Col William Riddell Birdwood, and Col Henry Crichton Sclater (Ref: MD/1111/2), letters to his wife on military operations, South African War, 1899-1900 (Ref: MD/1111/3), and letters on training manoeuvres (Ref: MD/1111/4). The National Library of Ireland holds copies of notes by Parsons on his role in World War One, while the papers of John Redmond include correspondence with Parsons relating to the 16th (Irish) Div.

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm

Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich (Ref: MD/1111/7) and National Library of Ireland

Decorations: KCB

Decorations: KCB

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