Antonie Jan Prins
Antonie Jan Prins (1846 - Arnhem, 10 September 1916) was a Dutch Major General of the Infantry of the Dutch Army. Career
Prince was appointed second lieutenant in 1867 in the infantry. In 1871 he was promoted to lieutenant, in 1875 to captain, in 1890 to major, in 1892 to lieutenant colonel, and in 1897 to colonel, commander of the eighth regiment infantry in Arnhem. In November 1900 he was appointed Major General, commander of the second division. Prince was on secondment to the Indian army for some time and then participated in the military operations at Aceh. During the large field exercises that were held in 1903 by the second and third division, he was in charge together with General Major Kraijenhoff van de Leur. Prins set up the company training, among other things.
He retired honorably in 1904 and settled in Velp. His merits were recognized by the government through his appointment as a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion.
In the beginning of the First World War Prince wrote a number of articles in The Fatherland as a correspondent following a visit to the German western front. These articles were not received positively positively. It was thought that he was too little critical: this noble and noble commander of war did not do much more than make trips and visit dinners from and with German staff officers, of which he then reported faithfully to his magazine.
The articles were published in book form in 1915 under the title On the front and in Belgium: Letters published in Het Vaderland.
On September 10, 1916, Prins in Arnhem walked to the tram at the Zijpse Poort to go to his home in Velp when he was struck by a cardiac arrest and collapsed. Only death could be diagnosed by a doctor. Prins was buried at the Heiderust cemetery in Rheden.
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