Personal Number: 339261 Army Number: 2724247 Rank: Lieutenant Name: D J PARSONS Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 16 February 1945 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36940/supplement/918/data.pdf I. G'ds 2724247 Cadet Desmond John PARSONS (339261) to be 2nd Lt., 7th Jan. 1945. London Gazette : 13 May 1949 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38609/supplement/2344/data.pdf I. G'ds. The undermentioned Lts. from Emerg. Commns. to be Lts., 1st Jan. 1949:— D. J. PARSONS (339261).