Difference between revisions of "Alan George Despard Twigg"
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 27 March 2015
Captain Alan George Despard Twigg, Royal Navy, Retired (25 August, 1884 – ?) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Twigg was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 January, 1906.[1]
In November 1912, as Lieutenant (G) aboard Cornwallis, he was blamed for poor results in gunlayers tests attributed to a "general want of initiative on the part of all concerned which was accentuated by inexperience.[2]
Twigg was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 January, 1914.[3]
He served as Gunnery Officer in Agincourt from 10 October, 1916, and in Thunderer from 26 February, 1919.[4]
Twigg was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.[5]
Twigg was promoted to the rank of Captain on 11 April, 1931.[6]
In 1937 Twigg was selected to take the Sea Transport Officers Training Course which he took between 23 February and 5 March. On 1 August Twigg received Admiralty permission to be appointed Vice-Consul at Patras. In 1939 he became Consul at Brest.
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/49. ff. 130, 251.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Snapdragon 2 Dec, 1924[7] – 19 Jul, 1926[8] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Robert R. Turner |
Captain of H.M.S. Ambrose 1 Aug, 1928[9] – 14 Nov, 1928[10] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by L. T. Creery Hill |
Captain of H.M.S. Thisbe 10 Oct, 1929[11] – 10 Oct, 1930[12] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130?
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130?
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
