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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Troup was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 September, 1903.<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>
Troup was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 September, 1911.<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>
Troup was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1916.<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>
In January, 1919, he was appointed executive officer in {{UK-RoyalSovereign}}.  He would be superseded on 1 May, 1920.<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>
Troup was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>
Troup was appointed to ''President'' on 1 February, 1923, for service in the Admiralty, and as Head of Tactical Section from 15 February.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 6 January, 1923.  Issue '''43232''', col A, p. 13.</ref>
Troup was appointed to ''President'' on 1 February, 1923, for service in the Admiralty, and as Head of Tactical Section from 15 February.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 6 January, 1923.  Issue '''43232''', col A, p. 13.</ref>


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*"Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. G. Troup" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 14 May, 1975.  Issue '''59395''', col G, pg. 18.
*"Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. G. Troup" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 14 May, 1975.  Issue '''59395''', col G, pg. 18.
*Troup, Captain J. A. G. (1934).  ''On the Bridge''.  London: Rich and Cowan.
*Troup, Captain J. A. G. (1934).  ''On the Bridge''.  London: Rich and Cowan.
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==Service Records==
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Revision as of 18:13, 3 June 2015

Vice-Admiral SIR James Andrew Gardiner Troup, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (7 March, 1883 – 11 May, 1975) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

Troup was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1903.[1]

Troup was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1911.[2]

Troup was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1916.[3]

In January, 1919, he was appointed executive officer in Royal Sovereign. He would be superseded on 1 May, 1920.[4]

Troup was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1922.[5]

Troup was appointed to President on 1 February, 1923, for service in the Admiralty, and as Head of Tactical Section from 15 February.[6]

He was appointed Captain of the Portsmouth Navigation School on 17 December, 1928.[7]

Troup was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 16 January, 1935, vice im Thurn.[8] In June his appointment as Director of Naval Intelligence (D.N.I.) was announced. He was appointed to the Admiralty, dated 26 August, and his appointment as D.N.I. was dated 9 September.[9]

Troup was a contributor to The Naval Review under his initials, J.A.G.T.

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.
  • "Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. G. Troup" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 14 May, 1975. Issue 59395, col G, pg. 18.
  • Troup, Captain J. A. G. (1934). On the Bridge. London: Rich and Cowan.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur C. Strutt 		Master of the Fleet
? – 15 Aug, 1922[10] 		Succeeded by
Oswald H. Dawson
Preceded by
Edward O. Cochrane 		Captain of H.M.S. Cairo
Nov, 1926[11] 		Succeeded by
Herbert Pott
Preceded by
John D. Campbell 		Captain of Portsmouth Navigation School
17 Dec, 1928[12] – 20 Jun, 1930[13] 		Succeeded by
Wilbraham T. R. Ford
Preceded by
Charles W. Round-Turner 		Captain of H.M.S. Revenge
Jun, 1930[14] 		Succeeded by
Stephen D. Tillard

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  2. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  3. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  4. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  5. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  6. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 6 January, 1923. Issue 43232, col A, p. 13.
  7. ↑ Schofield. p. 192.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34125. p. 458. 18 January, 1935.
  9. ↑ "New Director of Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 11 June, 1935. Issue 47087, col D, p. 9.
  10. ↑ Superseded that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  13. ↑ Successor appointed that day. Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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