Voorst tot Voorst, Baron van, C.L.W.M.
- Date of birth:
- May 6th, 1911 ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands)
- Date of death:
- December 2nd, 2000 (Deventer, Netherlands)
- Nationality:
- Dutch
Biography
1933: Sgt.-tit.
1935: Vgd.
1-1-1936: Res-tltn
1940: Res-eltn
1944: Res.kapt.
1-6-1948: Kapt.d.inf.
1-11-1953: Maj
1968: e.o.
Co-founder, chairman and honorary member of the Association of Recipients Bronze Lion-Bronze Cross.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1945
Granted permission to adopt and wear at K. B. No.? of March 30, 1946
Bronzen Kruis (BK)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitein (Captain)
- Unit:
- Inlichtingen Officier
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1950
Royal Decree No. 9, January 2nd, 1950.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - MEIJER, H.G., Bronzen Leeuw, Bronzen Kruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1990.
PRO WO 373/155 ; NA 1959 blz. 231-232 ; NRL 1939 blz. 205 ; NRL 1956 blz. 50 ; Allied Awards to the Dutch [314]
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