Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Born	(1897-05-06)6 May 1897 Wreschen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Września, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Died	11 March 1978(1978-03-11) (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) 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.

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)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 August 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 September 1941)
• 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
  • 570th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• 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
Preceded by SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag	Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division 20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944	Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner
Preceded by SS-Gruppenführer Hinrich Schuldt	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	Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division May 1944 – 7 May 1944	Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Hebert-Ernst Vahl
Preceded by SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler	Commander of 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944	Succeeded by SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer