George Thomas Parsons

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George Thomas Parsons was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 20 Jan 1900 and baptised there on 16 Feb 1900 the son of John Parsons (a Farmer and Builder) and Emily Catherine Parsons (nee Watts).  He spent his early life with his family in and around Motcombe Street, Motcombe.  He attended Shaftesbury Grammar School for some of his education.  According to school records he had enlisted in the Royal Engineers but no Military record has been found at this time. The 1921 Census shows him boarding at 2 Furlong Road, Islington, London, working as a Motor Mechanic. He appears on a list of Old Boys living in London or suburbs in the February 1922 edition of the Shaftesbury Grammar School magazine and married Phyllis Mary Halsey-Macer in the St. Pancras area, London, in 1924.   By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 60 Rolls Hill, Frome, Somerset, described as a Transport Maintenance Engineer.  His wife, Phyllis, died in 1962 by which time he had moved to 60 Rolls Hill, Frome, Somerset. He apparently re-married Marjorie Maud Peplow in Frome in the latter part of 1962. He died in Frome, Somerset, on 24 Jun 1967 and his wife, Marjorie, was later granted probate of his will.

George's brother Arthur John (b.1898) also served in the war and sadly died in 1919 of wounds received in France while with the Gloucestershire Regiment.