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Grandjean, A. E. V.
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Asger Emil Valdemar Grandjean |
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Date of Birth: |
January 26, 1889 |
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Place of Birth: |
Copenhagen |
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Family
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Son of wholesaler Sophus Julius
Grandjean and wife Anna Marie, born Carlson |
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Marriage: |
Married July 16, 1921 in Holmens Kirke
(The Naval Church) to
Hedwig Alwine Auguste (Ulla) Hell, born Haak |
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Promotions |
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Promotion: |
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1905 |
Naval Cadet |
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September 24, 1909 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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September 24, 1910 |
Lieutenant |
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December 1, 1919 |
Commander |
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April 1, 1925 |
Commander |
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July 1, 1931 |
Commander s.g. |
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February 1, 1937 |
Captain |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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May 9, 1926 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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April 2, 1933 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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July 13, 1939 |
Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military Service |
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Service: |
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1909-1910 |
On the schooner
INGOLF
to the Danish West Indies |
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1911 |
On the patrol vessel
ISLANDS FALK to Iceland |
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1913-1914 |
Student at the Naval Academy
(abbreviated) |
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1914 |
On the cruiser
HEJMDAL,
traning ship for naval cadets |
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August 7, 1914
- May 9, 1915 |
On the cruiser
GEJSER
in the partly mobilized forces |
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May 1915
- May 1916 |
Student at the Naval Flying School |
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May 10, 1916 |
Naval aviator |
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November 1916
- April 1917 |
Military service stopover in the USA |
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1918-1919 |
Leader of the Flyingboat Station |
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1918-1919 |
Military service stopover in Germany,
Norway and Great Britain |
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April 1, 1919 |
Commander of the Flyingboat Station |
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1923-1925 |
Acting commander for the Naval Air
Service |
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1924-1927 |
Also performing duties at the Ministry
for Nalva Affairs |
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April 1, 1925
- 1941 |
CO for the Naval Air Service |
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1925 |
CO for the mineskib
LOSSEN as training ship |
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May 1933
- September 1933 |
CO of the patrol vessel
FYLLA, cadet traing vessel and fishery protection off Iceland |
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November 1, 1941
- August 29, 1943 |
Chief-in-Command of the Naval Base
(Copenhagen) |
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August 29, 1943
- October 21, 1943 |
Interned by the Germans |
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May 5, 1945
- December 3, 1948 |
Chief-in-Command of the Naval Base
(Copenhagen) and Harbor Commandant in Copenhagen |
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Other Achievements |
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1919-1920 |
Chairman of the Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet
(The Naval Lieutenants Association) |
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1919-1920 |
Member of the Commission on
maildeliveries by Aeroplanes |
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1919-1926 |
Member of the Air Transport Commission |
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1919-1930 |
Member of the Delegation for finalizing
of Air Transport Agreements with other countries |
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1920-1924 |
Meember of the Committee concerning the State
Airport on Amager |
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1920-1926 |
Consultant for the Ministry of Public
Affairs in Air Transport matters |
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1926-1940 |
Member of the Air Transport Council and
member of the executive committee |
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Death |
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Cemetery: |
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December 3, 1948 |
Funeral service at Holmens kirke (The
Naval Church) and buried at Holmens cemetary |
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Sources: |
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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by
S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen,
published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet,
Copenhagen, 1984 |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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