• Operation Infatuate

Date of birth:

August 6th, 1920 (Weltevreden/Java, Dutch East Indies)

Date of death:

May 16th, 1971 (England, Great Britain)

Service number:

20.08.06.029

Nationality:

Dutch

Korporaal (Corporal) Hans Cramer served with No. 2 (Dutch) Troop, No. 10 (Inter Allied) Commando. During Market Garden he was attached to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. In November 1944 he participated in Operation Infatuate, landing at Westkapelle.

Promotions:
September 1st, 1944: Korporaal (Corporal).

Career:
October 2nd, 1942: Nederlands Leger (Dutch Army);
December 8th, 1942: 12e Detachement;
December 19th, 1942: Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene";
January 16th, 1943: Nr. 2 (Dutch) Troop, Nr. 10 Commando;
September 7th, 1944: 82nd Airborne Division;
October 14th, 1944: X Troop, Nr. 47 Royal Marine Commando;
April 28th, 1945: Detachement London;
August 26th, 1945: Nr. 2 (Dutch) Troop, Nr. 10 Commando.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 29th, 1943

Royal Decree No. 11, dated April 29th, 1943.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 9th, 1951

Awarded with clasps "KRIJG TE LAND 1940-1945" and "ARNHEM NIJMEGEN WALCHEREN 1944".

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Dienstplichtig korporaal (Enlisted Corporal)

Unit:

No. 2 (Dutch) Troop, No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando, 4th Special Service Brigade, Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government

Awarded on:

May 12th, 1951

Recommendation:
For having distinguished himself in combat against the enemy by courageous acts after having applied voluntarily for a posting to a British so-called Commando as early as 1942 or some other unit:
1) on September 17, 1944, whilst posted to the Medical Department of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division after having landed per glider near Groesbeek, first having done his duty with this unit in a proper manner and afterwards, at his own request, taking part in reconnaissance and combat patrols in the area near Nijmegen.
2) on November 1, 1944, posted to No. 47 Royal Marine Commando having landed near Westkapelle under heavy enemy fire and on November 3 having taken part in the storming of the last enemy fortifications near Zoutelande under heavy fire from artillery and machine guns and being severely injured when enemy mortar grenades came down in his group.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1981

• Photo 1: Inge Cramer
• - HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
  - MEIJER, H.G., Bronzen Leeuw, Bronzen Kruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1990.
  - BSM Confirmation.
  - Commando Service Certificate.
  - Letter Decorations.
  - Newspaper Articles.
  - Service Record
  - Go2War2.nl
  - http://www.onderscheidingen.nl/