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Ruijter van Steveninck, de, Albert Cornelis

Date of birth:
November 28th, 1895 (Tiel, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
June 25th, 1949 (The Hague, The Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
12-08-1918: Second Lieutenant
08-08-1922: Lieutenant
20-01-1936: Captain
1-11-1940: Major (war sub)
28-02-1941: Major
1-05-1942 :Lieutenant-Colonel (war sub)
01-02-1943: Lieutenant-Colonel
15-10-1944:Colonel (war sub)
22-07-1946: Colonel
22-03-1949: General-Major

Career:
1915: Royal Military Academy, Breda (artillery)
1939: staff 1st Army Corps (Officer Air Force)
10-05-1940: member Dutch Military Mission at Belgian Headquarters Brussels
18-5-1940: advisor for Military Attaché Dutch Embassy, paris, France
14-6-1940: escaping to London just prior to the capture of Paris by the Germans
2-1941: Posted to Royal Dutch Brigade
15-05-1941: CO 1st Battalion, Royal Dutch Brigade
26-08-1941: By Royal Decree the Royal Dutch Brigade is renamed into Royal Dutch Motorized Brigade (Princes Irene Brigade) abbreviated to PIB
7-1-1942: CO Royal Dutch Motorized Brigade
1942-1944: De Ruyter Steveninck reorganises Brigade, organises vehicles and arms and trains contingent
8-8-1944: PIB lands in Normandy (Courseulles-sur-Mer)
5-9-1944 PIB reaches Paris
20-9-1944 PIB crosses Dutch border near Valkenswaard en secures left flank 43 Wessex Infantry Division during Operationb Market Garden
13-07-1945 PIB dissolved
7-1945: Acting Chief in Staf Dutch Forces
19-11-1945: CO "A Division"
7-1946: Member Suppreme Military Court

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Luitenant-kolonel (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Unit:
Prinses Irene Brigade, Free Dutch Forces
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1942

Permission granted to accept and wear by Royal Decree no. ? dated 3 December, 1942
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Prinses Irene Brigade, Free Dutch Forces
Awarded on:
October 10th, 1944
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
Citation:
"This officer has been in command for his contingent for a considerable time during which he has trained it for war. During the past month, when the contingent has been continuously in action, he has shown considerable personal gallantry & leadership under difficult circumstances. It was due to his careful directions that many valuable lives were saved & that his contingent is still in action despite facing many casualties."

Permission granted to accept and wear by Royal Decree no. 8 dated 1 March, 1945.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Prinses Irene Brigade, Free Dutch Forces

Royal Decree no 7 dated 12 July, 1945.
Bronzen Leeuw (BL)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1946

With Sords.
Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.4)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Tijdelijk Kolonel (Temporary Colonel)

Permission granted to accept and wear by Royal Decree no. 50 dated 21 July, 1947.
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With 2 Palms.
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With 1 clasp.
Oorlogsherinneringskruis (OHK)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

For 30 years of service (XXX).
Onderscheidingsteken voor langdurige, eerlijke en trouwe dienst
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With Palm.
Ridder in de Leopoldsorde / Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With Palm.
Croix de Guerre 1940

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