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- Frederick_Spring abstract "Brigadier-General Frederick Gordon Spring CB CMG DSO JP (25 July 1878 – 24 September 1963) was a senior British Army officer.Spring was born into an English gentry family in 1878 in Bombay, India, the son of Colonel Frederick William Spring, a Royal Artillery officer. He was a descendent of the Suffolk Spring family and a relation of Sir Cecil Spring Rice and Sir Thomas Spring. He was educated at Blundell's School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.He was commissioned into the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in May 1898. He served with the regiment during the Second Boer War, when he commanded its mounted infantry contingent. Spring was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion between 1904 and 1907, and was promoted to captain in 1905. He retired from the army as a major in 1907, but was recalled to service at the outbreak of the First World War. He initially served as an Embarkation Officer, but was soon posted to the Staff of the 33rd Infantry Brigade as the Brigade Signalling Officer. He was deployed to Gallipoli with the brigade in 1915, and was involved in the successful capture of Chocolate Hill by the 6th (Service) Battalion from Ottoman forces during the Battle of Sari Bair. However, the battalion suffered heavy loses and Spring was injured in the action. Upon recovering, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in June 1916 and took command of the 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment, which at the time was engaged on the Western Front. When in this position, Spring presided over the court martial that sentenced Harry Farr to death for cowardice. He commanded the 11th Essex during the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Cambrai. He was promoted to colonel in 1918. In September that year he returned to the 33rd Brigade as its brigadier-general. Spring was Mentioned in Dispatches five times over the course of the war. He was also awarded the Croix de guerre by the French government. Following the end of hostilities, Spring was appointed Senior Instructor at the Senior Officers School, Belgaum, India from January 1921 to September 1922. Back in England, Spring continued to serve with the Lincolnshire Regiment, commanding the 1st Battalion between 1923 and 1927.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. From 1935 to 1939, he served as Inspector of Recruiting. During the Second World War, he worked on the Imperial General Staff at the War Office. He was also a Justice of the Peace. He married Violet Maud Turnbull, the granddaughter of Colonel H. L. Maydwell, in late 1919. In 1933 Spring's nine-year old son, John Gordon Spring, died after an accident while being shown around HMS Hood at Portsmouth. He fell 60 ft down an open hatch and died the next day.Spring died in 1963 in Aldershot. He has a memorial in Lincoln Cathedral.".
- Frederick_Spring award Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France).
- Frederick_Spring award Distinguished_Service_Order.
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- Frederick_Spring award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Frederick_Spring battle Second_Boer_War.
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- Frederick_Spring birthDate "1878-07-25".
- Frederick_Spring birthPlace Mumbai.
- Frederick_Spring birthPlace Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India.
- Frederick_Spring birthYear "1878".
- Frederick_Spring deathDate "1963-09-24".
- Frederick_Spring deathPlace Aldershot.
- Frederick_Spring deathYear "1963".
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- Frederick_Spring militaryCommand "11th Battalion, Essex Regiment".
- Frederick_Spring militaryCommand "1st Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment".
- Frederick_Spring militaryCommand "33rd Infantry Brigade".
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- Frederick_Spring birthDate "1878-07-25".
- Frederick_Spring birthPlace "Bombay, India".
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- Frederick_Spring commands "33".
- Frederick_Spring dateOfBirth "1878-07-25".
- Frederick_Spring dateOfDeath "1963-09-24".
- Frederick_Spring deathDate "1963-09-24".
- Frederick_Spring deathPlace "Aldershot, Hampshire, England".
- Frederick_Spring name "Frederick Spring CB CMG DSO".
- Frederick_Spring name "Spring, Frederick".
- Frederick_Spring placeOfBirth "Bombay, India".
- Frederick_Spring placeOfDeath "Aldershot, Hampshire, England".
- Frederick_Spring rank Brigadier_general.
- Frederick_Spring shortDescription "British Army general".
- Frederick_Spring title "Officer Commanding the 33rd Brigade".
- Frederick_Spring years "September 1917 - December 1918".
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- Frederick_Spring comment "Brigadier-General Frederick Gordon Spring CB CMG DSO JP (25 July 1878 – 24 September 1963) was a senior British Army officer.Spring was born into an English gentry family in 1878 in Bombay, India, the son of Colonel Frederick William Spring, a Royal Artillery officer. He was a descendent of the Suffolk Spring family and a relation of Sir Cecil Spring Rice and Sir Thomas Spring.".
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