Parsons, Edward Daniell
Lieutenant Edward Daniell Parsons, R.A.M.C. died at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth of illness contracted on active service, on September 21st, aged 37. He was the elder and only surviving son of the late Dr. T. E. Parsons, of Paddock House, Wimbledon, and was educated at St. Thomas's Hospital, taking the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1903, and the D.P.H. of the London Colleges in 1903. After qualifying he served as house-physician to the Evelina Hospital for Children, as clinical assistant to the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Women and Children, and as assistant medical officer of health and bacteriologist to the Borough of Croydon. When the war began he was tuberculosis officer and deputy medical officer of health to the Borough of Northampton. He took a temporary commission as lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. on November 2nd, 1914, was sent to Alexandria in June and was invalided from that station. British Medical Journal Oct 2, 1915
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Parsons |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Edward Daniell |
| Family details | Son of Mrs. Emmeline Parsons, of 47, Cottenham Park Rd, Wimbledon, and the late Thomas Edward Parsons |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1897-1903 |
| Dept / course | Conjoint Diploma |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. & D.P.H. 1903 |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C. |
| Date enlisted | November 1914 |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 20 September 1915 |
| Age at death | 37 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Place of death | 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth |
| Cause of death | Died of wounds |
| Burial place | Wimbledon (Gap Road) Cemetery |
| Commemoration(s) | Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |