Philip Trousdell

Lieutenant General Sir Philip Charles Cornwallis Trousdell (born 13 August 1948) is a retired senior British Army officer who was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers before advancing to high command and in that capacity was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina. Early life Trousdell was educated at Berkhamsted School, Hertfordshire, England. Military career Trousdell was commissioned into the Royal Irish Rangers on 2 August 1968 as a second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 2 February 1970, Between 1968 and 1974, he served in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Libya, Bahrain, Oman and Northern Ireland. He was promoted to captain on 2 August 1974. Between 1974 and 1977, he served as Signals Officer and Adjutant of 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers. Having attended the Staff College, Camberley, Trousdell was promoted to major on 30 September 1980. He then became an instructor in the Junior wing of Camberley. He returned to 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers as a Company Commander. He served as Officer Commanding a company in Berlin, Germany and in Dover, Kent. From 1985 to 1987, he was posted to the Ministry of Defence as a Military Assistant to the Assistant Chief of the General Staff, then Major-General John MacMillan. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1986, with seniority from 30 June 1986. He spent the next two years as a member of the Directing Staff at Camberley.