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PARSONS, Sir Lawrence Worthington (1850-1923), Lieutenant GeneralService biography
Commissioned, Royal Artillery 1870; South African War 1899-1900; battle of Colenso, South Africa, Dec 1899; battle of Spion Kop, Jan 1900; relief of Ladysmith, Feb 1900; on staff, Natal and Transvaal, South Africa 1900; Inspector General, Artillery, India 1903-1905; Commanding Officer, 6 Div, Cork, Ireland 1906-1909; retired 1909; re-employed as Commanding Officer, 16 Irish Div, World War I 1914-1915; replaced as Commanding Officer and retired, Dec 1916; Col Commandant, Royal Artillery 1917 Papers
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES: Copy papers, 1914-1984, relating to 16 (Irish) Div 1914-1918 (duplicates held in the National Library of Ireland and in the Royal Artillery Institution), including; copy extracts from Parsons' diary 1914-1916, concerning the raising and training of 16 (Irish) Div, 1914-1915, and their service in France, 1915-1916; correspondence concerning Parsons' replacement as Commanding Officer, 16 (Irish) Div, Nov 1915; correspondence relating to 16 (Irish) Div's service on the Western Front under Maj Gen Sir William Bernard Hickie 1916-1918; letters from officers of 16 (Irish) Div relating to the battle of the Somme 1916; letters from officers of 16 (Irish) Div relating to the third battle of Ypres 1917; draft article, 'John Redmond and General Parsons' by Edmonde Robertson (grandson of Parsons), 1977, concerning relations with John Edward Redmond, Irish political leader, and controversies surrounding the formation of 16 (Irish) Div 1914-1915 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN: Copies of papers relating to Parson's command of the 16 (Irish) Div (these duplicate the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives holdings); copies of notes by Parsons on World War I (Ref: n6408 p7476); the papers of John Edward Redmond include correspondence with Parsons relating to the 16 (Irish) Div; ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION: Diary of service in Natal 1899-1900 (Ref MD/1111/1); letters 1901-1905, from Gen 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 Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Col William Riddell Birdwood and Col Henry Crichton Sclater (Ref: MD/1111/2); letters home to his wife from South Africa 1899-1900 (Ref: MD/1111/3); letters on training manoeuvres (Ref: MD/1111/4); papers on the raising, composition and Parson's command of the 16 (Irish) Div, (Ref: MD/1111/7 - these duplicate the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives holdings) Publications
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SUBJECTS Boer War 1899-1900
PLACES Western Front 1915-1918; North West Europe 1915-1918
NAMES FM William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Earl Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes 1901-1905; Gen Sir Henry Crichton Sclater 1901-1905
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