Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Born	6 May 1897 Wreschen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Września, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Died	11 March 1978 (aged 80) Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	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 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen, the 4th SS Polizei Division and the Latvian 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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

1. No Wehrmacht or Western equivalent: senior to Standartenführer (Colonel) and below Brigadeführer (Brigadier), it was not considered a general-officer rank.

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1997, p. 56.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 227.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 136.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 88.

Bibliography

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• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
• Williamson, Gordon (2004) [1994]. The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror. St. Paul, Minnesota: Zenith Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-1933-8.
• Williamson, Gordon; Andrew, Stephen (2004). The Waffen-SS (2): 6. to 10. Divisions (Men-at-Arms). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-590-7.