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	Spring was born in [[Bombay]], [[British India\|India]] in 1841, the son of Frederick James Spring and Jane Balfour Mackenzie.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCZ-FXS {{Bare URL inline\|date=May 2022}}</ref> He was commissioned into the [[Bombay Artillery]] in 1865, which later amalgamated with the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery]]. He served in the [[British Expedition to Abyssinia]] from 1867 to 1868. In 1870, he was promoted to second captain,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=23649\|date=26 August 1870 \|page=3949}}</ref> and two years later was elevated to the rank of full captain.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=23927\|date=10 December 1872 \|page=6253}}</ref> He became a major in 1878.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=24668\|date=14 January 1879 \|page=175}}</ref> On 18 June 1884, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=25376 \|date=15 July 1884 \|page=3226}}</ref> He saw service in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] and was Inspector General of Ordnance in Bombay between 1886 and 1893. Spring was promoted to colonel on 18 June 1888.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=25843\|date=3 August 1888 \|page=4190}}</ref> After leaving service in 1894,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=26510\|date=8 May 1894 \|page=2692}}</ref> Spring was invested as a [[Order of the Bath\|Companion of the Order of the Bath]]. He wrote a book regarding the officers of the Bengal Army and the Royal Artillery, and contributed to several other military history publications. In retirement he lived in [[Midhurst]], [[West Sussex]].		Spring was born in [[Bombay]], [[British India\|India]] in 1841, the son of Frederick James Spring and Jane Balfour Mackenzie.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCZ-FXS {{Bare URL inline\|date=May 2022}}</ref> He was commissioned into the [[Bombay Artillery]] in 1865, which later amalgamated with the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery]]. He served in the [[British Expedition to Abyssinia]] from 1867 to 1868. In 1870, he was promoted to second captain,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=23649\|date=26 August 1870 \|page=3949}}</ref> and two years later was elevated to the rank of full captain.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=23927\|date=10 December 1872 \|page=6253}}</ref> He became a major in 1878.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=24668\|date=14 January 1879 \|page=175}}</ref> On 18 June 1884, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=25376 \|date=15 July 1884 \|page=3226}}</ref> He saw service in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] and was Inspector General of Ordnance in Bombay between 1886 and 1893. Spring was promoted to colonel on 18 June 1888.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=25843\|date=3 August 1888 \|page=4190}}</ref> After leaving service in 1894,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=26510\|date=8 May 1894 \|page=2692}}</ref> Spring was invested as a [[Order of the Bath\|Companion of the Order of the Bath]]. He wrote a book regarding the officers of the Bengal Army and the Royal Artillery, and contributed to several other military history publications. In retirement he lived in [[Midhurst]], [[West Sussex]].

	In 1877, Spring married Ellen Harriett, daughter of [[Surgeon-General]] James Gordon Inglis, [[Order of the Bath\|CB]].<ref>The Medical Times and Gazette, vol. 2, collected issues 1410-1435, Oct. 6, 1877, p. 400, "Marriages"</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH12294&type=P&o=&start=20&max=20&l=i\|title = University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of James Gordon Inglis}}</ref> Their son,{{citation needed\|date=October ~~2022~~}} [[Frederick Spring\|Frederick]], became a brigadier-general and served in the [[First World War]].<ref>The VC and DSO, Volume III http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page350.html</ref>		In 1877, Spring married Ellen Harriett, daughter of [[Surgeon-General]] James Gordon Inglis, [[Order of the Bath\|CB]].<ref>The Medical Times and Gazette, vol. 2, collected issues 1410-1435, Oct. 6, 1877, p. 400, "Marriages"</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH12294&type=P&o=&start=20&max=20&l=i\|title = University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of James Gordon Inglis}}</ref> Their son,{{citation needed\|date=October 2020}} [[Frederick Spring\|Frederick]], became a brigadier-general and served in the [[First World War]].<ref>The VC and DSO, Volume III http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page350.html</ref>

	==Publications==		==Publications==

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{{Infobox military person
|name = Frederick William M. Spring
|birth_date = 1841
|death_date = 1925
|rank = [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]]
|serviceyears = 1865-1894
|allegiance = {{UK}}
|branch = [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br />{{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Indian Army]]
|battles = [[British Expedition to Abyssinia]]<br />[[Third Anglo-Burmese War]]
|awards =
}}

[[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] '''Frederick William Mackenzie Spring''' (16 October 1841 – 1925) was a [[British Army]] officer and military historian.<ref>F. W. M. Spring, 'Bombay Artillery List of Officers' (entry 502, page 112).</ref>

Spring was born in [[Bombay]], [[British India|India]] in 1841, the son of Frederick James Spring and Jane Balfour Mackenzie.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCZ-FXS {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref> He was commissioned into the [[Bombay Artillery]] in 1865, which later amalgamated with the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery]]. He served in the [[British Expedition to Abyssinia]] from 1867 to 1868. In 1870, he was promoted to second captain,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23649|date=26 August 1870 |page=3949}}</ref> and two years later was elevated to the rank of full captain.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23927|date=10 December 1872 |page=6253}}</ref> He became a major in 1878.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24668|date=14 January 1879 |page=175}}</ref> On 18 June 1884, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25376 |date=15 July 1884 |page=3226}}</ref> He saw service in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] and was Inspector General of Ordnance in Bombay between 1886 and 1893. Spring was promoted to colonel on 18 June 1888.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25843|date=3 August 1888 |page=4190}}</ref> After leaving service in 1894,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26510|date=8 May 1894 |page=2692}}</ref> Spring was invested as a [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]]. He wrote a book regarding the officers of the Bengal Army and the Royal Artillery, and contributed to several other military history publications. In retirement he lived in [[Midhurst]], [[West Sussex]].

In 1877, Spring married Ellen Harriett, daughter of [[Surgeon-General]] James Gordon Inglis, [[Order of the Bath|CB]].<ref>The Medical Times and Gazette, vol. 2, collected issues 1410-1435, Oct. 6, 1877, p. 400, "Marriages"</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH12294&type=P&o=&start=20&max=20&l=i|title = University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of James Gordon Inglis}}</ref> Their son,{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} [[Frederick Spring|Frederick]], became a brigadier-general and served in the [[First World War]].<ref>The VC and DSO, Volume III http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page350.html</ref>

==Publications==
*''The Bombay Artillery: List of Officers who have served in the Regiment of Bombay Artillery from its Formation in 1749 to Amalgamation with the Royal Artillery'' (1902)

==References==
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