[1] He served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and being awarded the Military Cross.
His father was a wine and spirits merchant who later became a solicitor at Gravesend in Kent, a profession which his son followed him into.
[6] Troughton went on a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Argentina led by Archie MacLaren in 1911–12.
[7][8] His final first-class season was in 1923 after which he became the club's general manager, succeeding Tom Pawley in the post.
Troughton was commissioned, initially as a second lieutenant, in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) during the First World War.