Material Type

Artifact

Date

1919

Materials

SILVER, RIBBON

No. Pieces

1

Diameter

3.6

Description

BRITISH WAR MEDAL BUST IN PROFILE OF GEORGE V, OBVERSE. HORSE & MOUNTED NUDE MAN WALKING OVER SKULL & CROSSBONES SYMBOL, REVERSE. RIBBON: MOIRE ORANGE BORDERED BY WHITE, BLACK, & BLUE STRIPES.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

HENRY ROBERT PARSONS FOUGHT IN W.W.I. IMMIGRATED TO CANADA (LETHBRIDGE) FROM ENGLAND PRIOR TO W.W.I. DIED IN GALT HOSPITAL 1948. SEE P19890031005-GA FOR HISTORY. MEDAL AWARDED TO CANADIANS WHO LEFT CANADA TO SERVE OVERSEAS ON WAR SERVICE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON HENRY ROBERT PARSONS, FATHER OF THE DONOR, WAS FOUND IN HIS ATTESTATION PAPERS AND A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE JANUARY 8, 1948 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. PARSONS WAS BORN IN EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND ON JANUARY 22, 1890. AFTER HIS IMMIGRATION TO CANADA, PARSONS ENLISTED WITH THE CEF IN CALGARY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1915. AFTER THE WAR PARSONS WORKED AS A LETHBRIDGE CITY CLERK WITH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR 36 YEARS, AND PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 4, 1948. FOR HARDCOPIES OF PARSONS SR.'S MILITARY PAPERS AND OBITUARY, SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19890031004

Acquisition Date

1989-08

Collection

Museum

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