Guy Kemble Twiss
From The Dreadnought Project
Lieutenant Guy Kemble Twiss, R.N. (4 September, 1888 – 24 June, 1917) served in the Royal Navy and was killed when his destroyer was mined in the English Channel in 1917.
He was the son of Vice-Admiral Guy Ouchterlony Twiss.
Life & Career
Twiss was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1911.
Twiss was appointed in command of the Tribal Class destroyer Tartar on 4 June, 1917 and was killed, along with forty-two other men, when Tartar struck a mine in the Channel later that same month. His service record notes his date of death as 17 June. He was buried in Walstead Cemetery in Lindfield in Sussex on Saturday, 23 June 1917.[1]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Fairfax M. Kerr |
Captain of H.M.S. Fairy 24 Oct, 1915[2] – 15 Feb, 1916[3] |
Succeeded by Harry C. Birnie |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. P32 29 Feb, 1916[4] – 26 May, 1917[5] |
Succeeded by Lawrence W. Newbery-Boschetti |
| Preceded by William H. Sandford |
Captain of H.M.S. Tartar 4 Jun, 1917[6] – 24 Jun, 1917[7] |
Succeeded by Edmund H. Hopkinson |
Footnotes
- ↑ Sussex Daily News (Monday, 25 June 1917), p. 6.
- ↑ Twiss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/150. f. 516.
- ↑ Twiss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/150. f. 516.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396ii.
- ↑ Twiss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/150. f. 516.
- ↑ Twiss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/150. f. 516.
- ↑ His service record indicates 17 June, but several other sources uniformly state 24 June.
