Went to Coughton Court today. Coughton Court | Warwickshire In one room another visitor commented on the name von Twickel. The room guide said he was a Nazi. I've Google away like mad & can find next to nothing on him. Just the basics on his family, wife etc. He married Ann Throckmorton. Anyone help with the comment regarding him being a Nazi & any active service in the armed forces? Ludwig Twickel (1911-1945) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
just some snippets: Ludwig Joseph Maria Ferdinand Hubertus Georg Ignatius Antonius Thomas Eustachius von Twickel 1911-1945 - Ancestry® He is buried at the Eisenach war cemetery with the mostly civilian victims Eisenach (städt. Friedhof), Thüringen Eisenach was occupied by the 89th US Infantry Division on April 6, 1945. Picture taken in 1955 shows Mother Elizabeth, Ann Von Twickel (nee Throckmorton), Mother Sr Annunciata and Ann's sons, John and Alex.
From `Fame chain:- Ludwig von Twickel & Ann Barbara Von Twickel Married, Children, Joint Family Tree & History - FameChain Full name:-Baron Ludwig Joseph Maria Ferdinand Hubertus Georg Ignatius Antonius Thomas Eustachius Von Twickel Age34 (approx.) Date of birth 1911 Birth place Ostrowine Date of death: 13 Mar 1945 Place of death Eisenach, Germany Cause of death Killed in Action Findagrave https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2016/58/158720122_1456725618.jpg Ettal War Memorial Ettal, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany From The Peerage regarding his son :- Alexander Rudolph Ferdinand Nicolaus Zdenko Baron von Twickel was born on 14 November 1941 at Pacov He was the son of Ludwig Baron von Twickel and Ann Barbara Throckmorton. He married Neville Christine Priestman in 1973 at Coughton, Warwickshire, England . He died September 2003, after a cycling accident. He was educated at College St. Blaslen, Germany. He lived in 1970 at Spiney House, Coughton, Alcester, Warwickshire, England. He retired from the military in 1993, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, late of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers. Kyle
Two 'Vons' come to mind from Service days, but I have a feeling Alexander chose to be just 'Twickel' in the Army List. I remember him being Commandant Soltau-Luneberg Training Staff over the period 89-91 and also having a BAOR Public Relations background before that ............ where perhaps a quiet benefit may have been offered by a softly finessed allusion to the title on occasions ....? Noting other immediate von Twickel family links to Ludwig Baron von Leonrod, hanged for involvement in the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler, perhaps the National Trust might welcome more information, if it is forthcoming.......
I met him on Ex Iron Triangle 1988 when he was in a PR role. We were the home team fielding an FTX with a full complement of CSCE observers. Another von was Johnny von Merfield who claimed descent from the C17th mercenary Mansfield. One of these chaps composed Stil und Form a guide for British officers to German ettiquette.
His brother: Johannes von Twickel However, I have found NOTHING about Ludwig. Neither in the Wehrmacht directories, nor in the Eisenach military hospital or prison. Either he died of a wound in March or he was involved in the Hitler assassination plot in some way (his brother-in-law Ludwig von Leonrod was executed in 1944). Oh, one more thing - this was the family's residence between 1933 and 1962, until they moved to England: Blaue Gams Chronik - Wellnesshotel in Ettal bei Oberammergau
There is an unspecified von Twickel reference here: na dann ... Wochenschau für Münster: Zeitzeichen albeit of unattributed source. If it has basis .... Johannes, Ludwig or Ignatius? Ignatius is listed elsewhere as being killed in action in Italy in April 45. Forstmeister Johannes - following ltdan's previous link - seems to have a loose agricultural connection, but may have been in Kurland at the time. Or Ludwig? Interesting that Johannes was married to Maria Josepha Graefin von Merveldt. Hmmm.
This was Baron RUDOLF von Twickel, brother of Johann + Ludwig: Johann RUDOLF Klemens August Sebastian Maria Benedikt Aloysius Hubertus Cyriakus Donatus Anton Freiherr von Twickel As a strict Catholic and conservative, T. was not only a member of the Westphalia-Lippe regional branch of the German Nobility Association as early as 1937, but also soon gained contacts with the German resistance of the Kreisau Circle around Count Helmuth James v.Moltke, but was not arrested after the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944. Kleines ABC zum deutschen Adel
