Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
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Born | Wreschen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Września, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland |
6 May 1897
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Waffen-SS |
Years of service | 1915–45 |
Rank | Oberführer |
Commands held | 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen, 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division, 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel)[Note 1] Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (1897–1978) was a German Waffen-SS officer who during his career commanded three SS-divisions, the 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen, the 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division and the Latvian 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS. He was also awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub.
Contents
Summary of SS career
Dates of rank
- SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) der Reserve: 11 November 1941
- SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) der Reserve: 5 January 1942
- SS-Standartenführer (Colonel): 9 November 1943
- SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel): 1 August 1944
Notable decorations
- Eastern Front Medal (1942)
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 July 1917)[1]
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 August 1941)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 September 1941)[1]
- Wound Badge in Black (?)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer and Oberstleutnant of the Schupo and commander of the II./SS-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 4[2][3]
- 570th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"[2][4]
Notes
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References
Citations
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Bibliography
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- The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror: The Full Story From Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS by Gordon Williamson (Motorbooks International, (March 1994), ISBN 0-87938-905-2, ISBN 978-0-87938-905-5).
- The Waffen-SS (2): 6. to 10. Divisions (Men-at-Arms) by Gordon Williamson (Osprey Publishing (March 25, 2004), ISBN 1-84176-590-2, ISBN 978-1-84176-590-7).
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag
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Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division 20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner |
Preceded by
SS-Gruppenführer Hinrich Schuldt
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Commander of 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS 15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach |
Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner
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Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division May 1944 – 7 May 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Hebert-Ernst Vahl |
Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler
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Commander of 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer |
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- Pages with reference errors
- 1897 births
- 1978 deaths
- People from Września
- People from the Province of Posen
- Prussian Army personnel
- SS-Oberführer
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class
- Recipients of The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- German military personnel of World War I
- German police officers
- Waffen-SS personnel
- Operation Overlord people