About Frank Twiss
Lived 1910 – 1994 (aged 83). Frank Twiss was a British naval officer.
Admiral Sir Frank Roddam Twiss, (7 July 1910 – 27 January 1994) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1967 to 1970. He went on to serve as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1970 to 1978.
Naval career The son of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Twiss and his first wife Margaret Edmondson née Tate, he joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1924.
During the Second World War, Twiss was Gunnery Officer of which was badly damaged during the Second Battle of the Java Sea: Twiss was captured and was a Japanese prisoner of war for three years.
Twiss was appointed Naval Secretary to the First Lord in 1960.
Twiss was appointed Flag Officer Flotillas for the Home Fleet in 1962. He retired in 1970.
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Royal Navy admiral
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Frank Twiss was born on 7 July 1910.
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Frank Twiss died on 27 January 1994.
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