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VC632 Frederick Daniel Parslow
BORN 14 April 1856
DIED 4 July 1915 AGE 59
VC Won 4 July 1915 AGE 59
Place VC Won Atlantic Ocean, off Ireland
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Frederick Daniel Parslow No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 632 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Naval Reserve
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant and Master
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant and Master
Place Of Birth Islington, London, England
Place Of Death on the bridge of HM Horse Transport 'Anglo-Californian', 90 miles south west of Queenstown (now Cork), Co. Cork, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Cobh Old Church Cemetery, Co. Cork, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot B-15-8, Grave G 478
Gazetted 24 May 1919
VC Presented 10 July 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Cobh Old Church Cemetery, Co. Cork, Ireland
P Named on Tower Hill Memorial (panel 1), Trinity Square Gardens, City of London
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Green, Islington, North London
By The Way…
He was awarded the Lloyds medal for meritorious service, posthumously, for saving his ship and the cargo of horses, during his VC action
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