Torkel Lundholm

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Commander (retired) Torkel Lundholm (19 November, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Stevenston, Ayr, the son of C. D. Lundholm, Works Manager.[1]

Lundholm entered the Royal Navy ranked 40th in order of merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.[2]

Lundholm was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1911.[3]

Lundholm was appointed to serve in H.M.S. Hibernia from May 1912 to 27 February, 1916. He was next assigned to Duke of Edinburgh from 8 March 1916. Over the summer, he did something highly questionable unusual, and was subjected to a Court Martial on a charge of acts prejudicial, etc., for "ordering a Stoker 1st Class to be placed in the sea." He was dismissed the ship and reprimanded on 10 August, 1916.[4]

After being in Dominion from 16 August 1916 through 1 April, 1918, Lundholm was appointed in command of the destroyer Lydiard on 10 April, 1918.[5][6]

Lundholm was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1919.[7]

On 2 November 1926, Lundholm was appointed to Excellent to head up the Photographic School.[8]

Lundholm was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 March, 1930.[9]

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward D. W. Lawford
Captain of H.M.S. Lydiard
10 Apr, 1918[10][11] – 31 Mar, 1919[12]
Succeeded by
Ralph Kerr
Preceded by
John Brooke
Captain of H.M.S. Phoebe
31 Mar, 1919[13][14] – 22 Oct, 1919[15]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Harold O. Joyce
Captain of H.M.S. Sesame
17 Feb, 1925[16] – 31 Aug, 1926[17]
Succeeded by
John S. Prescott-Roberts

Footnotes

  1. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  2. "Cadetships in the Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 21, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37374.
  3. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  4. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  5. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 837.
  7. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 238.
  9. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  10. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 837.
  12. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  13. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  14. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 867.
  15. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
  17. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.