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|birth_place      = [[Velp, Gelderland|Velp]], [[Gelderland]]
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|death_place      = [[The Hague]], [[South Holland]]
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''''Theodoor Johan Arnold van Zijll de Jong''' ([[Velp, Gelderland|Velp]], 31 March 1836 – [[The Hague]], 28 May 1917) was a Dutch [[Lieutenant General]] and commander of the [[Royal Netherlands East Indies Army]]
==Awards and decorations==
* [[File:NLD Military Order of William - Knight BAR.png|55px]] Knight fourth class of the [[Military William Order]] (Royal Decree of 4 April 1875 no. 22)
* [[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion (Knight) - Ribbon bar.svg|55px]] Knight of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
* [[File:Baton van een Eresabel op het Ereteken Belangrijke Krijgsbedrijven.jpg|55px]] [[Expedition Cross]] with clasps: "Honorary Sabre", "Honorable Mention", "Aceh 1873-96"
* [[File:AZ Recruiting Ribbon.png|55px]] [[Aceh Medal|Aceh Medal 1873–1874]]
* [[File:Officierskruis baton.jpg|55px]] Medal for Long, Honest and Faithful Service with the figure XXXV
* [[File:Order of Saint Anna ribbon bar.svg|55px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Anna]] (Russia)
==Sources==
*1903. G. van Steijn. ''Gedenkboek Koninklijke Militaire Academie.'' P.B. Nieuwenhuijs. Breda.
*1940. G.C.E. Köffler. ''De Militaire Willemsorde 1815–1940.'' Algemene Landsdrukkerij. Den Haag.
*2009. [[George Frederik Willem Borel]]. ''Onze vestiging in Atjeh, drogredenen zijn geen waarheid.'' Uitgeverij Eburon. Delft. Heruitgave van 1878. ''Onze vestiging in Atjeh, critisch beschreven'' D.A. Thieme, Den Haag en 1880. ''Drogredenen zijn geen waarheid.'' Henri J. Stemberg, Den Haag.
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[[Category:1836 births]]
[[Category:1917 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Rheden]]
[[Category:Royal Netherlands East Indies Army generals]]
[[Category:Royal Netherlands East Indies Army officers]]
[[Category:Aceh War]]
[[Category:Knights Fourth Class of the Military Order of William]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Anna]]