General Sir Philip Geoffrey Twining, KCMG, CB, MVO (7 September 1862 – 15 January 1920) was a Canadian soldier who served with the British Army in England, Canada, East Africa, India, and China.

He enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario from 1880 to 1883, student # 88.

He was commissioned as an officer, with the rank of lieutenant, with the Royal Engineers in January 1886,[1] and served in India from 1887 to 1891.

He performed engineering, railway and survey work in India during the years from 1899 to 1914, but was in January 1901 appointed a Special service officer to serve on the British Military Staff in China during the Boxer Rebellion.

[2] He was mentioned in despatches by Major-General O'Moore Creagh, commander of the British force in China, for his work with the Chinese railways, and was commended ″for his skill in originally organizing the Locomotive Department, patching up engines, &c, with scant materials, and in record time″.