Frederick Spring

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For his father, the British Army officer and military historian, see Frederick William Spring.

Frederick Spring
Mentioned in Dispatches

CMG, DSO, JP (25 July 1878 – 24 September 1963) was a senior British Army
officer.

Early life

Spring was born in 1878 in

India, the son of Colonel Frederick William Spring, a Royal Artillery officer.[citation needed] He was educated at Blundell's School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1][2]

Military career

Spring was commissioned into the

Transvaal. He was again seconded for service in South Africa in April 1902,[4] when he commanded a mounted infantry contingent. The war ended two months later, and Spring left Cape Town in the SS Dunera in late September 1902, arriving at Southampton early the following month.[5] He was back with his regiment in January 1903.[6]

Spring was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment between 1904 and 1907, and was promoted to

First World War
.

World War 1

He initially served as an Embarkation Officer, but was soon posted to the Staff of the

Mentioned in Dispatches five times over the course of the war.[2] He was also awarded the Croix de guerre
by the French government.

Post-war military career

Following the end of World War 1, Spring was appointed Senior Instructor at the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum, India from January 1921 to September 1922.[11] Returning to England, Spring continued to serve with the Lincolnshire Regiment, commanding the 1st Battalion between 1923 and 1927.[12] In this capacity he was in charge of the battalion during its deployment to Northern Ireland from 1923 to 1924 in support of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Between 1927 and 1931, Spring was Assistant Quartermaster General of Southern Command in England. He was subsequently the commander of the Poona (Independent) Brigade Area, Southern Command, India until his retirement in 1935.

Justice of the Peace
.

Death

Spring died in 1963 in Aldershot, Hampshire. There is a memorial in Lincoln Cathedral to his memory.[14]

Personal life

He married Violet Maud Turnbull, the granddaughter of Colonel Henry Law Maydwell, in late 1919.[15] In 1933 Spring's nine-year-old son, John Gordon Spring, died after an accident while being shown around the Royal Navy battleship HMS Hood at Portsmouth. He accidentally fell 60 ft down an open hatch and died of injuries sustained the next day.[16]

Publications

  • The History of the 6th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1914 – 1919 (Written in the 1920s – first published in 2009 by Poacher Books)

References

  • Spring, F.G. (2009). The History of the 6th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1914 – 1919. Poacher Books. p. 116.
    ISBN 9780955991400
    . Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  1. ^ a b "No. 26964". The London Gazette. 6 May 1898. p. 2821.
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ "No. 27174". The London Gazette. 16 March 1900. p. 1793.
  4. ^ "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2792.
  5. ^ "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning Home". The Times. No. 36883. London. 26 September 1902. p. 4.
  6. ^ "No. 27518". The London Gazette. 23 January 1903. p. 468.
  7. ^ "No. 27871". The London Gazette. 5 January 1906. p. 110.
  8. ^ "No. 29405". The London Gazette. 17 December 1915. p. 12564.
  9. ^ F. G. Spring, 'Postcript I', The History of the 6th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment (Poacher Books, 2008), 69.
  10. ^ "No. 29501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 March 1916. p. 2544.
  11. ^ "No. 32364". The London Gazette. 21 June 1921. p. 4920.
  12. ^ a b "No. 34056". The London Gazette. 4 June 1934. p. 3558.
  13. ^ "Brig.-Gen. F. G. Spring." Times [London, England] 26 September 1963: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 December 2013.
  14. ^ Lincoln Cathedral Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/LincolnCathedralIndividuals.html
  15. ^ The Times (London), 7 October 1919, page 27.
  16. ^ "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 4 August 1933: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 December 2013.
Military offices
Preceded by Officer Commanding the 33rd Brigade
September 1917 – December 1918 		Succeeded by
Formation disbanded
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