Background
David Twiston-Davies was born on the 23rd of March, 1945, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the son of Mervyn Peter and Isabel Anne (Fox) Twiston-Davies.
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Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
https://www.amazon.com/Canada-Afar-Telegraph-Canadian-Obituaries/dp/1550022520
1996
The Daily Telegraph Dook of Letters
https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Letters/dp/1854875809
1998
The Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries
(In the seventeen years since The Daily Telegraph started ...)
In the seventeen years since The Daily Telegraph started to take its obituaries seriously by allotting them a special section in the paper, it has published around 1,000 obituaries of soldiers, as well as almost equal numbers of sailors and airmen.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Military-Obituaries/dp/1904943276
2003
The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries
(This work contains one hundred biographies which were pub...)
This work contains one hundred biographies which were published in The Daily Telegraph during the past twenty years, men of the Navy, Marines and Fleet Air Arm, as well as the merchant fleet.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Naval-Obituaries/dp/1904943691
2004
The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries
(This book features 100 fascinating obituaries of men and ...)
This book features 100 fascinating obituaries of men and women who have figured in the story of civil and military aviation history.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Airmens-Obituaries/dp/1904943268
2005
Book of Military Obituaries. Book 2
(Following on from the great success of the first volume, ...)
Following on from the great success of the first volume, the paperback of which is still in print, the Daily Telegraph’s chief obituary writer has assembled another one hundred pithy insights into a plethora of fascinating lives, all published in the newspaper since 2000.
https://www.amazon.com/Military-Obituaries-Daily-Telegraph-Obituaries/dp/1904943608
2006
David Twiston-Davies
Edit ProfileEducation
David Twiston-Davies was educated at Downside.
Career
David Twiston-Davies began his career as a journalist at the East Anglian Daily Times, where he served from 1966 to 1968. From 1968 to 1970, he worked at the Winnipeg Free Press.
David entered the Daily Telegraph in London in 1970 as its news editor until 1977. He held the post of an assistant literary editor until 1986, becoming a deputy obituary editor. He worked there as a letters editor in 1987-88, editor of Peterborough column in 1988-89, letters editor in 1989-91, finally being appointed chief obituary writer. During his time at the Telegraph, he has edited the Peterborough diary and the letters column when he lived in Royal Tunbridge Wells, home of the legendary letter-writer, Disgusted.
As deputy to the late Hugh Massingberd, when the paper did much to make obituaries an important feature throughout the Commonwealth Twiston-Davies helped to establish the obituaries column with a set place in the paper every day, concentrating his efforts on the Empire and the two world wars.
The Daily Telegraph obituary section, under Twiston Davies, became journalistic matter worthy of a collection, so following his lifelong interest, Twiston Davies compiled Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries that was published in 1996, The Daily Telegraph Book of Letters in 1998, The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries in 2005 and The Daily Telegraph Military Obituaries: Book 2, foreword by John Keegan in 2006.
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Book of Military Obituaries. Book 2
(Following on from the great success of the first volume, ...)
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The Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries
(In the seventeen years since The Daily Telegraph started ...)
2003 -
The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries
(This work contains one hundred biographies which were pub...)
2004 -
The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries
(This book features 100 fascinating obituaries of men and ...)
2005 - Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries 1996
- The Daily Telegraph Dook of Letters 1998
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Book of Military Obituaries. Book 2
Connections
David Twiston-Davies is married to Margaret Anne. They have four children, Benedict, James, Huw, and Bess.
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Career
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1966 - 1968
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1968 - 1970
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1970 - 1977
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1977 - 1986
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1987 - 1988
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1988 - 1989
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1989 - 2001