Frank Twiss

Admiral Sir Frank Roddam Twiss, KCB, KCVO, DSC (7 July 1910 – 27 January 1994 ) was a Royal Navy admiral who became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel. He went on to serve as Black Rod.

Naval career
Twiss joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1924.

During World War II he was Gunnery Officer of HMS Exeter (68) 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.

He was appointed Naval Secretary in 1960 and Flag Officer Flotillas for the Home Fleet in 1962. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1965 and Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1967. In that capacity he banned the naval rum ration. He retired in 1970.

In retirement he served as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1970 to 1978 and was a member of Commonwealth War Graves Commission from 1970 to 1979.