Hardy Falconer Parsons blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Second Lieutenant Hardy Parsons VC 1897-1917 awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously after single-handed defence of position against German flamethrower attack in the First World War lived here 1915-1916 Recorded plaque organisation: Bristol Civic Society.

Second Lieutenant Hardy Falconer Parsons VC was a British Army officer who received the Victoria Cross for his heroic and fatal defense against a German flamethrower attack during the First World War, exemplifying extraordinary bravery under intense combat conditions.