When I look at books by UK/European authors, torch seemed to the word of choice back into the 1910's.
Your opinion that this is incorrect is not the be all and end all. You might want to look for information on a British inventor David Misell who filed a patent in 1899 and German inventor Paul Schmidt who filed a patent in 1906 though there is some dispute over whom first created the flashlight vs. who first patented it.
As even the article you linked comments:
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You may be wondering what the difference is between a torch and a flashlight. Other countries may be known for using torch instead of flashlight, but can these terms be interchanged? Is there a difference between them? These terms can be used interchangeably as they are just different terms for the same objects.
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The problem with this post as with many of your posts is that you seem to conflate your opinions with facts.
And I must admit to getting a good laugh out of your posts whinging that the Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre thread must be moved to the Kindle forum since it has nothing to do with calibre and then you continue to hijack this thread to whinge about UK vs US usage.