(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock
Born: 03 Dec 1880 in Küstrin, Neumark
Died: 04 May 1945 im Oldenburg Naval-Hospital, Holstein
Promotions:
Sekondeleutnant (15 Mar 1898); Oberleutnant (10 Sep 1908); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1912); Major (30 Dec 1916); Oberstleutnant (18 Dec 1920); Oberst (01 May 1925); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1929); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1931); General der Infanterie (01 Mar 1935); Generaloberst (15 Mar 1938); Generalfeldmarschall (19 Jul 1940)
Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Mar 1898)
Sekondeleutnant in the 5th Foot Guards-Regiment (15 Mar 1898-12 Jul 1904)
Detached to the 3rd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Jun 1902-28 Jun 1902)
Detached to the Military Gymnasium (01 Oct 1903-29 Feb 1904)
Detached as Auxiliary-Instructor to the Military Gymnasium (01 Mar 1904-10 Jul 1904)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 5th Foot Guards-Regiment (12 Jul 1904-28 Jan 1906)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 5th Foot Guards-Regiment (28 Jan 1906-22 Mar 1910)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1910-22 Mar 1912)
Hauptmann in the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1912-01 Oct 1913)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of the Guards-Corps (01 Oct 1913-00 Sep 1914)
Acting-Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the Guards-Corps (00 Sep 1914-21 Jan 1915)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the Guards-Corps (21 Jan 1915-00 May 1915)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 11th Army (00 May 1915-06 Aug 1916)
At the same time, Detached as Battalion-Leader of the 4th Foot Guards-Regiment (28 Jan 1916-10 Feb 1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) of the 200th Infantry-Division (06 Aug 1916-24 Mar 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the Guards-Corps (24 Mar 1917-11 Apr 1917)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of Army-Group Deutscher Kronprinz (11 Apr 1917-27 Jul 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army-Group Deutscher Kronprinz (27 Jul 1917-10 Jan 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the General-Command of the III. Army-Corps and then the Army-Peace-Commission (10 Jan 1919-12 Jan 1919)
Officer of the Army and Placed to the Disposal of the General-Command of the Guards-Corps for Special Use (12 Jan 1919-22 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (22 Feb 1919-14 Mar 1919)
Member of the Military Representation in the German Peace Embassy (14 Mar 1919-25 May 1919)
Transferred into the 5th Foot Guards-Regiment and Assigned to the Reichswehr-Group-Command 1 for Special Use (25 May 1919-26 Sep 1919)
Relieved of Command in the Reichswehr-Group-Command 1 (26 Sep 1919)
Detached to the General-Staff of the Reichswehr-Group-Command 1 (12 Dec 1919-03 Jan 1920)
Chief of Staff of Military-District-Command III (16 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Chief of Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1920-01 Apr 1924)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1924-01 Feb 1926)
At the same time, Detached to Artillery-Course for Night-Artillery in Jüterbog (05 Oct 1925-31 Oct 1925)
Transferred into the Staff of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1926-01 Jun 1926)
Commander of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1926-01 Nov 1929)
At the same time, Detached to Battle-School-Course in Döberitz (05 Nov 1926-16 Nov 1926)
Transferred into the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Nov 1929-01 Dec 1929)
Commander of the 1st Cavalry-Division (01 Dec 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Commander of the 2nd Division and Commander in Military-District II, Stettin (01 Oct 1931-01 Apr 1935)
Commander of the Army-Service-Office Dresden (01 Apr 1935-20 May 1935)
Delegated with the Leadership of Group-Command 3 (20 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Commander-in-Chief of Group-Command 3 (15 Oct 1935-04 Feb 1938)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group-Command 3 (04 Feb 1938-10 Nov 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the Austrian Federal Army (12 Mar 1938-03 Apr 1938)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group-Command 1 (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group North (26 Aug 1939-10 Oct 1939)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group B (10 Oct 1939-22 Jun 1941)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group Centre (22 Jun 1941-19 Dec 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (19 Dec 1941-16 Jan 1942)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group South (16 Jan 1942-09 Jul 1942)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Group B (09 Jul 1942-15 Jul 1942)
Taken ill – Placed to the Disposal of the Führer (15 Jul 1942-03 May 1945)
Badly wounded due to an Air Strafing Attack by British fighters near Lensahn, Holstein (03 May 1945)
Died in Hospital as a result of his wounds (04 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 01.04.1918 als Major und Ia im Generalstab der Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz
- Ritterkreuz (1): am 30.09.1939 als Generaloberst und OB. der Heeresgruppe Nord
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 25.10.1916
- 1914 EK I : 30.10.1914
- 1914 EK II : 18.09.1914
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden IV. Klasse: 13.09.1911
- Fürstl. Hohenzollernsches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern: 00.10.1914
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration: 24.06.1915
- k.u.k. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration: 09.02.1917
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militär-Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse: 03.08.1917
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz: 19.09.1917
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern: 10.01.1918
- Ritterkreuz des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone mit Schwertern: 25.01.1918
- Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz: 30.01.1918
- Kommandeurkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Militär-Verdienstordens: 02.08.1918
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz: 00.03.1920
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe und I. Stufe: 15.04.1921
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer: 14.12.1934
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938: 21.11.1938
- Kgl. Jugosl. Orden der Krone I. Klasse: 01.06.1939
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Eichenlaub zur Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse: 12.09.1939
- Spange zum EK I : 22.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II : 22.09.1939
- Grosskreuz des Kgl. Italien. Ordens der Krone: 27.08.1940
- Wehrmachtbericht: 07.08.1941; 19.09.1941; 18.10.1941; 30.05.1942
- Kgl. Rumän. Orden “Michael der Tapfere” III. bis II. Klasse: 29.07.1942
- Kgl. Rumän. Orden “Michael der Tapfere” I. Klasse: 01.09.1942
- Grosskreuz des Kgl. Ungar. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern: 27.11.1942


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