Date of birth:

November 8th, 1899 (Legelshurst/Baden, Germany)

Date of death:

January 20th, 1943 (Ssamurskaja/Caucasus, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
Grave: UNK.

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 8.569 // NSDAP-Nr.: 411.630

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
00.08.1918: Unteroffizier und Offiziersaspirant
04.01.1932: SS-Truppführer
24.03.1932: SS-Sturmführer
03.05.1933: SS-Sturmbannführer
20.11.1933: SS-Obersturmbannführer
15.02.1934: SS-Standartenführer
15.09.1935: SS-Oberführer
20.04.1936: Leutnant d. R. - RDA 01.05.1936
01.10.1939: Oberleutnant d. R.
09.12.1941: Hauptmann d. R.- RDA 01.10.1940
21.12.1942: SS-Brigadeführer
27.03.1943: Major d. R. (posthumously)

Career:
July 1917: Ersatz-Bataillon 1 / Badischen Leib-Grenadier-Regiments Nr. 109;
February 1918: Leib-Grenadier-Regiment 109;
?: Minenwerfer-Kompanie 19;
?: Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 91;
September 30th, 1918 - February 1920: POW to the French;
June 1923 - November 1923: NSDAP;
July 1923 - October 1923: Schwarzen Reichswehr, Berlin;
1926: Ingenieur;
1930: NSDAP;
November 20th, 1930: Mitglied SS;
November 1930: 32. SS-Standarte "Baden";
March 1932: Führer 5. Sturm / 32. SS-Standarte "Baden";
October 1932: Führer II.Sturmbann / 32. SS-Standarte "Baden";
November 9th, 1933: Führer 32. SS-Standarte "Baden";
May 7th, 1934: Politischen Bereitschaften, Württemberg;
October 26th, 1934 - February 15th, 1935: Stabsführer SS-Oberabschnitt "Südost" / Wehrkreis VIII, Brieg;
February 15th, 1935: Führer SS-Abschnittes XXVIII, Bayreuth;
1935: Reserve-Übung MG Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 21;
July 1st, 1938: Stabsführer SS-Oberabschnitt "Nordwest", Hamburg-Altona;
September 15th, 1938 - October 24th, 1938: Infanterie-Regiment 42;
September 15th, 1939: 12. / Infanterie-Regiments 97;
November 1939 - January 20th, 1943: Führer SS-Abschnitts XX, Kiel;
?: Kommandeur III. / Infanterie-Regiment 97.

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

February 1934

Awarded on:

March 1932

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1934

Awarded on:

July 1st, 1935

Awarded on:

December 16th, 1935

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 20th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)

Awarded on:

August 9th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Kdr, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 97, 46. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

March 16th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 97, 46. Infanterie-Division, XXXXII. Armee-Korps, 11. Armee, Heeresgruppe Sud

Awarded on:

May 3rd, 1942

The following wartime excerpt describes why Bock was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Hauptmann der Reserve Bock ruthlessly dedicated himself to the combat against the massed Russian combined arms assaults on the 27. and 28.02.1942. On his own initiative he rallied the already wavering Romanian elements on the left flank of the Regiment and thereby brought the enemy onslaught to a halt. By doing this he prevented the imminent rolling up of his Regiment’s frontline (and consequently that of the entire Division) to the south, and in this way a Russian breakthrough on the Crimean Peninsula at a critical point was prevented.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1992.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
  - https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=38
  

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