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Frederick Daniel Parslow

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Died when: 59 years 171 days (713 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Frederick Daniel Parslow

Frederick Daniel Parslow VC (14 January 1856 – 4 July 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross.He was a Master in the UK Merchant Navy.

Parslow was the first member of the Merchant Navy to receive a VC, and one of only two Merchant Navy members to receive a VC for his First World War service.

At 59 years old he was also the oldest person to receive the VC for his action in World War I.


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