Moritz von Bock

Moritz Karl Albert Bock (1828-1897)

Moritz Karl Albert Bock , from 1873 von Bock (born January 15, 1828 in Koblenz , † April 16, 1897 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian major general and commander of Torgau .

Life

origin

His grandfather Friedrich Bock served as regimental quartermaster in the Prussian cuirassier regiment "von Heising" . Moritz was a son of the Prussian major and 2nd in command of Magdeburg Friedrich Bock (1780–1838) and his wife Albertine, née Hérault de Hautcharmoy (1800–1876).

Military career

After the death of his father, Bock visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . Subsequently, on July 4, 1844, with a patent dated January 15, 1845, he was transferred as a second lieutenant to the 29th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army . In 1849 he took part in the battles near Ubstadt and Michelbach during the suppression of the Baden Revolution . In April / May 1850 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Sömmerda and from February 1852 to April 1853 to the 8th combined reserve battalion. In mid-May 1856 Bock was promoted to Adjutant of the Fusilier Battalion and in this capacity rose to Prime Lieutenant at the end of May 1857 . For three months from mid-March 1858 he was commanded as a company commander to the 2nd Battalion in the 29th Landwehr Regiment in Andernach . Bock became a captain at the end of March 1859 and, in addition to being mobilized for the Sardinian War , was again commanded to the 29th Landwehr Regiment. The 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 69 was formed from his tribe during the army expansion at the beginning of July 1860 and Bock was appointed company commander on November 13, 1860 after his transfer here . In the same capacity, he was transferred to the 3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment on April 3 , with whom he took part in the 1866 war against Austria in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz . On September 20, 1866, he received a commendation for his brave behavior.

Under promotion to major goat was his regiment on August 10, 1868 aggregated and mid-February 1869 in the 7th East Prussian Infantry Regiment. 44 is added. During the war against France he was given command of the 2nd Battalion on July 27, 1870, was wounded in the left foot by a rifle shot in the Battle of Colombey and took part in the siege of Metz . From November 27, 1870, Bock was the leader of his regiment. He led this association at Amiens and at the Hallue as well as before Péronne . At Saint-Quentin he suffered a wound from a shot in the left arm and then gave up command of the regiment. Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , he was again briefly leader of the 7th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 44 after the peace treaty in August 1871.

In recognition of his services , Kaiser Wilhelm I elevated him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on January 19, 1873 . Bock was promoted to colonel by the end of March 1876 and was transferred to Küstrin on May 18, 1876 as commander of the 5th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 48 . As a result of the wounds he suffered during the war against France, Bock developed a nervous condition that paralyzed his limbs . Despite a long vacation in Bad Gastein and on the North Sea , it was no longer usable in the field. Therefore, on December 15, 1881, he was appointed Commander of Torgau under position à la suite of his regiment. He was christened on 13 September 1882 the character as a major general and was awarded the on May 10, 1884 Red Eagle . II Class with oak leaves and a pension from the service adopted .

On the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Saint-Quentin, Kaiser Wilhelm II paid tribute to him by awarding him the star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class. He died on April 16, 1897 in Charlottenburg and was buried three days later in the Invalidenfriedhof .

In his assessment of 1872, Lieutenant General von Tresckow wrote : “Major Bock is a staff officer who exceeds the level of the ordinary, who through his whole being has a good effect on the officer corps. He does his job and devotes himself to it with loyalty to his duty. "

family

Bock married Olga von Falkenhayn (1851–1919) in Graudenz on October 19, 1873 ; she was also buried in the Invalidenfriedhof. The couple had several children:

• Franz-Karl (* 1876), lieutenant colonel
• Fedor (1880–1945), German field marshal

⚭ Mally von Reichenbach (1887–1910)

⚭ Wilhelmine von Boddien (1893–1945)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 9, pp. 349-351, No. 2926.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1909. Third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1908, p. 52 f.