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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
The son of chartered accountant Stephen Tryon, J.P..
Tryon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 August, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 139}}
Tryon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 August, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 139}}



Revision as of 14:35, 31 January 2020

Lieutenant John Francis Tryon, R.N. (18 June, 1891 – mid January, 1918) served in the Royal Navy and died in the war.

Life & Career

The son of chartered accountant Stephen Tryon, J.P..

Tryon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 August, 1913.[1]

He was appointed to Arrogant for duty as second in command to Lieutenant in Command A. Gordon Hine in the submarine C 35 on 6 October, 1913.[2]

He died when G 8 was lost to unknown cause somewhere in the North Sea around 14 January, 1918.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. E 31
18 Sep, 1915 – 19 Jun, 1916
Succeeded by
Ronald W. Blacklock
Preceded by
Percy H. Boulnois
Captain of H.M.S. C 12
19 Jun, 1916 – 18 Jul, 1917
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Charles de Burgh
Captain of H.M.S. G 8
18 Jul, 1917 – 14 Jan, 1918[4]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 139.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 450.
  4. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 450.