• Admiral Sir Frank Roddam Twiss, KCB, KCVO, DSC (7 July 1910 – 27 January 1994) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief...
    7 KB (595 words) - 20:51, 19 June 2024
  • Twiss is a surname, and may refer to: Sir Frank Twiss (1910–1994), Royal Navy admiral Horace Twiss (1787–1849), English writer and politician Ian Twiss...
    1 KB (169 words) - 22:40, 4 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Black Rod
    Marshal Sir George Mills October 1970 – 18 January 1978: Admiral Sir Frank Twiss 10 January 1978 – January 1985: Lieutenant-General Sir David House January...
    36 KB (3,740 words) - 14:35, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tilly Devine
    Matilda Mary Devine (née Twiss, 8 September 1900 – 24 November 1970), known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian organised crime boss. She was involved...
    19 KB (2,192 words) - 20:48, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for HMS Tiger (C20)
    (the First Lord of the Admiralty), his Naval Secretary Rear-Admiral Frank Twiss "made the unpardonable error of shooting down a very expensive target...
    30 KB (3,464 words) - 11:38, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Peter Hill-Norton
    Preceded by Sir Desmond Dreyer Second Sea Lord 1967 Succeeded by Sir Frank Twiss Preceded by Sir John Bush Vice Chief of the Naval Staff 1967–1969 Succeeded by...
    14 KB (1,318 words) - 20:47, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for HMS Ceylon (30)
    years after its modernisation, came as a shock to its last captain, Frank Twiss.[page needed] On 9 February 1960, she was transferred to the Peruvian...
    11 KB (945 words) - 09:51, 19 February 2022
  • Brekke. "Olav's British Number Plates". Retrieved 24 December 2007. "Sir Frank Twiss". seayourhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016....
    132 KB (10,190 words) - 23:45, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for George Mills (RAF officer)
    Representative to NATO 1959–1962 Succeeded by Sir Michael West Government offices Preceded by Sir Brian Horrocks Black Rod 1963–1970 Succeeded by Sir Frank Twiss...
    7 KB (452 words) - 11:53, 5 April 2024
  • of the Bundestag. Sergei Scherbakov, 75, Russian welterweight boxer. Frank Twiss, 83, British Royal Navy admiral. Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov, 89, Russian...
    45 KB (3,496 words) - 09:11, 28 June 2024