The following appeared in the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders Transactions Volume 34, 1917-1918, page 384.
Acknowledgements: Tony Harding
Obituary: Algernon George Parsons
Algernon George Parsons, Major, R.F.A., born in 1886, was killed in action on the 26th April, 1918. He was the only son of the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons and the Hon. Lady Parsons. Educated at Eton and Woolwich, Major Parsons received his first commission in 1906, and after serving three years retired to enter the engineering profession. He was a Director of Messrs. C.A. Parsons & Co., Ltd.
At the outbreak of war he rejoined the R.F.A., and went to the front in November, 1914. In 1916 he was attached to the experimental department of the R.F.C., where he made several useful mechanical improvements. In November, 1917, Major Parsons was severely wounded in the fighting near Cambrai. He returned to the command of his battery early in March, 1918.
Major Parsons was elected a Member of the Institution in December, 1912.
His name does not appear on a North-East War Memorial.
