Return to Europe Van Heutsz moved to Amsterdam in 1909. After his wife died in 1919, he moved to Bussum. He lived in Montreux, Switzerland, and Merano, in Italy, from 1922. He died in Montreux on 11 July 1924 at the age of 73. On 9 June 1929, he was reburied in Amsterdam. Legacy Monument During the 1920s and the 1930s, monuments to Van Heutsz were erected throughout major cities of the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies, including Amsterdam, Banda Aceh and Batavia (later Jakarta). On 15 June 1935, the Van Heutsz Monument in South Amsterdam (Amsterdam-Zuid) was inaugurated by Queen Wilhelmina. The monument underwent many defacements several times during various protests from 1965 to 2004. The municipality of Amsterdam changed its name and purpose in 2004. The monument is now known as the Dutch East India – Netherlands Monument (Monument Indië-Nederland), and all references to van Heutsz have been removed. The monument in Jakarta, designed by the architect Wilhelm Marinus Dudok and the sculptor Hendrik van den Eynde, was inaugurated in 1932. In 1935, the leader of the Dutch fascist NSB, Anton Mussert, visited Jakarta and laid a wreath in van Heutsz honour. After the Second World War]], the monument was covered in slogans demanding independence and was demolished in 1953. Regiment van Heutsz After the departure of the Dutch from independent Indonesia in 1949, the Regiment van Heutsz of the Dutch Army was created with the specific aim of being "the bearer of the traditions of KNIL", the former Dutch Indies colonial army that had carried out the Aceh War. Awards and decorations Kraton Medal Knight First Class of the Military Order of William (1876) Honorary Sabre participants for their bravery (26 June 1890) Commander of the Military Order of William (1899) Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion (1899) Grand Officer of the Military Order of William (1901) Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1903) Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Grand Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion (4 December 1919) Expedition Cross with two clasps Long Service Medal for Officers Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle Notes References Ibrahim, Alfian. "Aceh and the Perang Sabil." Indonesian Heritage: Early Modern History. Vol. 3, ed. Anthony Reid, Sian Jay and T. Durairajoo. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2001. 132-133 External links 1851 births 1924 deaths People from Coevorden Aceh