Victor van Strydonck de Burkel
Baron van Strydonck de Burkel | |
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General van Strydonck de Burkel in London, 1943 | |
| Birth name | Victor Jean Clement van Strydonck |
| Born | 16 July 1876 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 4 August 1961 (aged 85) Etterbeek, Belgium |
| Service | Belgian Army |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Chief of the Belgian Military Mission to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Battles / wars | |
Lieutenant-general BEM Victor Jean Clement, Baron van Strydonck de Burkel (16 July 1876, Antwerp – 4 August 1961, Etterbeek) was a general of the Belgian Army and the primary architect of the formation of the Free Belgian Forces after Belgium's official surrender on May 28, 1940 in World War II.