Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer T. P. Spring, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (237384 T. P. Spring, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (237384 T. P. Spring. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (237384 T. P. Spring. P.O. H.M.S. Excellent.) mounted as worn, polished and worn, therefore fair to fine (4) £100-£140

Thomas Peter Spring was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 7 May 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in September 1906. Appointed a Bugler in H.M.S. Natal in September 1907, he was advanced Leading Seaman in the cruiser H.M.S. Hyacinth in February 1913, and was serving in that ship at the outbreak of the Great War, taking part in the blockade of the S.M.S. Konigsberg in the Rufiji Delta. Promoted Petty Officer and Gun Layer Second Class in February 1916, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and, having been advanced Chief Petty Officer, was shore pensioned on 6 May 1931. Recalled for War service during the Second World War, he was finally released Class ‘A’ on 25 September 1945.

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