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Thomas Hope Troubridge

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Thomas Hope Troubridge
Rear Admiral Thomas Troubridge in 1945
Born(1895-02-01)1 February 1895
Southsea,Hampshire,England
Died29 September 1949(1949-09-29)(aged 54)
Hawkley,Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1908–1949
RankVice admiral
Commands heldFlag Officer, Air (Home)(1946–47)
Fifth Sea Lord(1945–46)
Task Force 88(1944)
HMSIndomitable(1942)
HMSNelson(1941–42)
HMSFurious(1940)
HMSWindsor(1933–34)
HMSVoyager(1930–31)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order&Bar
Mentioned in dispatches(4)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal(United States)
Legion of Honour(France)
Croix de guerre(France)
RelationsAdmiralSir Ernest Troubridge(father)

Vice AdmiralSir Thomas Hope Troubridge,KCB,DSO&Bar(1 February 1895 – 29 September 1949) was aRoyal Navyofficer who served asFifth Sea Lordfrom 1945 to 1946.

Military career[edit]

The son of AdmiralSir Ernest Troubridgeand Edith Mary (néeDuffus), Troubridge was born inSouthsea,Hampshire,on 1 February 1895. He joined theRoyal Navyin 1908,[1]and served in theFirst World War.In 1936 he became naval attaché inBerlin.[2]He also served in theSecond World War,initially as commanding officer of the aircraft carrierHMSFurious[1]carrying much needed sugar back to Britain in July 1940 and then making a number of air strikes on shipping in Norwegian waters and on the seaplane base atTromsøthrough October 1940.[3]

Troubridge was given command of the battleshipHMSNelsonin June 1941 and then the aircraft carrierHMSIndomitablein January 1942.[4]In 1943, he was appointed Rear Admiral Combined Operations and flag officer commanding overseas assault forces,[1]and in June 1944 he led theinvasion and capture of Elba.[5]

After the war Troubridge was appointedFifth Sea Lordand then, from 1946,Flag Officer, Air (Home).[2]His last appointment was asFlag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleetin 1948.[2]

Family[edit]

Troubridge married Lily Emily Kleinwort in August 1925. They had four children: Their eldest son,Peter,became 6th Troubridge baronet on death of his cousin in 1963.[6]Their fourth child, Thomas, married Marie Christine von Reibnitz (laterPrincess Michael of Kent) in 1971: the marriage was annulled in 1978.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcVice Admiral Sir Thomas Hope TroubridgeFlight International, 6 October 1949
  2. ^abcSir Thomas Hope TroubridgeLiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^Jenkins, C. A. (1972).HMS Furious/Aircraft Carrier 1917–1948: Part II: 1925–1948.Warship Profile.24.Windsor: Profile Publications. OCLC 10154565. p. 283.
  4. ^"Thomas Hope Troubridge DSO, RN".U Boat.net.Retrieved3 January2019.
  5. ^Tomblin, B. (2004).With Utmost Spirit: Allied Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, 1942—1945.University Press of Kentucky.ISBN0813123380.pp. 379–382.
  6. ^Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  7. ^Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 326
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