Frederick William Spring: Difference between revisions

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]].

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