Source: Duty Nobly Done, page 231 received Military Cross.
Family Search: When Dudley Anson Gordon Parsons was born on 29 July 1891, in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Parsons, was 27 and his mother, Annie Rebecca Ball, was 27. He lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as clerk. He died on 7 September 1953, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Lt. Dudley Anson Gordon Parsons, Can. Infy.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led it company with great courage and success. His splendid example in the face of stubborn resistance largely assisted in the capture of the objective.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 