Koch, Friedrich 'Fritz' (General der Infanterie)
- Date of birth:
- January 14th, 1879 (Odenkirchen/Rhineprovince, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 3rd, 1961 (Bonn, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 279.971 // NSDAP-Nr.: 4.616.213
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm Koch was taken out of active service with the Wehrmacht on 31st May 1942. During the Second World War he held the ranks of General der Infanterie, SS-Gruppenführer en SS-Brigadeführer.
Promotions:
00.10.1897: Fahnenjunker
17.01.1899: Leutnant
00.00.1905: Oberleutnant
01.10.1913: Hauptmann
20.03.1918: Major
15.11.1922: Oberstleutnant
01.05.1927: Oberst
01.02.1931: Generalmajor
30.09.1931: Charakter als Generalleutnant
20.04.1937: SS-Mann
20.04.1937: SS-Standartenführer
12.09.1937: SS-Oberführer
01.05.1940: Generalleutnant
01.12.1940: General der Infanterie
09.11.1942: SS-Brigadeführer
30.01.1943: SS-Gruppenführer
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 18th, 1917
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Bremischen Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Kriegverdienstkreuz 1914-1918 für Kämpfer 2. Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz IV. Klasse des Fürstlich Lippischen Gesamthauses
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
SS-Zivilabzeichen
- Awarded on:
- 1932
Nr. 158.747
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- December 1935
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie zur Verwendung (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, XXXXIV. Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- October 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1942
Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.5x)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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