Lieutenant John Spring, 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, 1834 (c)

Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1834 (c).

John Spring became an ensign in the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment on 19 February 1829. He became a Lieutenant in the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment on 12 September 1834. His death is recorded under in the 1837 Army List. A regimental history records a number of deaths from cholera in the 9th Regiment at around this time when it was serving in India, and John Spring may have been one of these.