Background
Soar was born in Belper, and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School.
Soar was born in Belper, and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School.
Britannia Royal Naval College.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1975, attending BRNC Dartmouth. He commanded the submarines HMS Ocelot from 1987 to 1990 and HMS Talent from 1991 to 1994. He went on to command the frigate HMS Chatham from 1997 to 1998 and the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible from 2002 to 2004.
Trevor Soar was appointed Capability Manager (Precision Attack) in 2004 in the rank of rear admiral and was promoted to Chief of Materiel (Fleet), Defence Equipment & Support in the rank of vice admiral in 2007.
On 17 October 2008, it was announced that he will be promoted to admiral and appointed as Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Allied Maritime Component Commander, Northwood. He fully assumed the role (on promotion) on 10 June 2009.
He also held the honorary position of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2012. Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in the 2009 New Year.