Educated at
Twyford School, Hallam Parr was
commissioned as an
ensign in the
13th Regiment of Foot on 8 September 1865. He fought in the
Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, in the
First Boer War in 1881 and in the
Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. He also saw action at the
Battle of Tamai in March 1884 and took part in the
Nile Expedition later that year during the
Mahdist War. He became Commander,
Shorncliffe Garrison, in July 1898, General Officer Commanding
South-Eastern District in October 1899 and General Officer Commanding
North-Western District in May 1902; he retired in November 1903. He was colonel of the Somerset Light Infantry from May 1910 until his death in 1914. ==Works==