J. W. N. Cramer

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J. W. N. Cramer was a Dutch engineer officer of the Korps Ingenieurs, Mineurs en Sappeurs selected, with Tweede-Luitenant C. J. Snijders, for detachment to the Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger by Koninklijk Besluit of 10 June 1873 No. 33, in preparation for the second Aceh expedition. The two officers were instructed together at the Mineurskamp at Zeist in the Kromhout optical-telegraph system in June 1873 and sailed together for the Indies later that summer. After their return from the Indies both were decorated with the Ridderkruis der Militaire Willemsorde 4th class for their services in Atjeh, and the two crosses were conferred on them together, with full ceremony, at the garrison parade on the Maliebaan at Utrecht on 19 February 19 February 1876, the parade held for the King’s birthday.

The 1873 Detachment

The call for volunteer officers from the metropolitan army, issued after the failure of the Eerste Atjeh-expeditie under Generaal-Majoor Köhler in April 1873, drew applications from four engineer officers. By the Royal Decree of 10 June 1873 the four were selected; Cramer and the younger Snijders were then detached to Zeist for instruction in the Kromhout optical telegraph. Both subsequently sailed for the Indies on the steamship Conrad of the Maatschappij “Nederland” from Nieuwediep on 10 July 10 July 1873.

Decoration and the 1876 Parade

By Koninklijk Besluit of 12 November 12 November 1875 No. 18 — see Koninklijk Besluit of 12 November 1875 No. 18 — both Cramer (by then Eerste-Luitenant-Ingenieur) and Snijders were appointed Ridder 4e klasse der Militaire Willemsorde for their services during the Atjeh operations in the period mid-August 1874 to end-February 1875. When the crosses were simply sent to the recipients without the prescribed ceremony, Snijders submitted a request that they be conferred “met den meest mogelijken militairen luister” and with the prescribed riddereed. The request was granted, and at the garrison parade on the Maliebaan at Utrecht on 19 February 19 February 1876 the two officers received their crosses together, under the full ceremonial of the Order and before great public interest.

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Source

Cornelis Jacobus Snijders (1852–1939): Een leven in dienst van zijn Land en zijn Volk, by D. van den Berg (Voorburg: September 1944), pp. 21, 22, 35–36. Koninklijke Bibliotheek shelfmark 0301 4872.

J. W. N. Cramer was a Dutch engineer officer of the Korps Ingenieurs, Mineurs en Sappeurs selected, with Tweede-Luitenant C. J. Snijders, for detachment to the Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger by Koninklijk Besluit of 10 June 1873 No. 33, in preparation for the second Aceh expedition. The two officers were instructed together at the Mineurskamp at Zeist in the Kromhout optical-telegraph system in June 1873 and sailed together for the Indies later that summer. After their return from the Indies both were decorated with the Ridderkruis der Militaire Willemsorde 4th class for their services in Atjeh, and the two crosses were conferred on them together, with full ceremony, at the garrison parade on the Maliebaan at Utrecht on 19 February 19 February 1876, the parade held for the King’s birthday.

The 1873 Detachment

The call for volunteer officers from the metropolitan army, issued after the failure of the Eerste Atjeh-expeditie under Generaal-Majoor Köhler in April 1873, drew applications from four engineer officers. By the Royal Decree of 10 June 1873 the four were selected; Cramer and the younger Snijders were then detached to Zeist for instruction in the Kromhout optical telegraph. Both subsequently sailed for the Indies on the steamship Conrad of the Maatschappij “Nederland” from Nieuwediep on 10 July 10 July 1873.

Decoration and the 1876 Parade

By Koninklijk Besluit of 12 November 12 November 1875 No. 18 — see Koninklijk Besluit of 12 November 1875 No. 18 — both Cramer (by then Eerste-Luitenant-Ingenieur) and Snijders were appointed Ridder 4e klasse der Militaire Willemsorde for their services during the Atjeh operations in the period mid-August 1874 to end-February 1875. When the crosses were simply sent to the recipients without the prescribed ceremony, Snijders submitted a request that they be conferred “met den meest mogelijken militairen luister” and with the prescribed riddereed. The request was granted, and at the garrison parade on the Maliebaan at Utrecht on 19 February 19 February 1876 the two officers received their crosses together, under the full ceremonial of the Order and before great public interest.

See Also

Source

Cornelis Jacobus Snijders (1852–1939): Een leven in dienst van zijn Land en zijn Volk, by D. van den Berg (Voorburg: September 1944), pp. 21, 22, 35–36. Koninklijke Bibliotheek shelfmark 0301 4872.

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