The family aside broadens the portrait beyond Hugh Tweedy's own appointments. One son commanded HMS Tynedale and received the Distinguished Service Cross during a wartime raid. Another served with the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force and received the Military Cross in 1945 for action behind Japanese lines in Burma. A third son was killed in 1937 while serving in the Guides Cavalry, although the location remains uncertain. These details connect the family's service to destroyer operations, colonial forces, and the Burma campaign.
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The Tweedy family carries military service into the Second World War
Hugh Tweedy's sons continued the family's service in a destroyer command, the Guides Cavalry, and the Royal West African Frontier Force.