Paul Bloch von Blottnitz
(06.11.1859 - 21.03.1918) - kia
place of birth:  Prussia
Königreich Preußen:  Div-Kdr, Generalleutnant (Feldart)


 Paul Bloch von Blottnitz was a Prussian general and artillery specialist who commanded the 18th Infantry Division during the Great War. In March 1918, Bloch was killed in action in northern France.

During the pre-War years and as a 40-year old field artillery officer, Bloch deployed in June 1900 on board the S.M.Y. Hohenzollern to China. The Prussian forces were a contingent of the Eight Nations Alliance, formed in order to pacify the so-called Boxer Rebellion. Hauptmann Bloch von Blottnitz served there as the commander of the Marine-Feldbatterie, a unit attached to the Ostasiatisches Feldartillerie-Regiment.

 
 
Generalleutnant 27.01.1918
China-Denkmünze Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps  1900-01
 
 
 

  
   
Curriculum Vitae  
   
14.10.1880 Sekonde-Lieutenant
21.07.1889 Premier-Lieutenant
18.04.1893 Hauptmann
19.07.1900 Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps - China  (East Asian Expedition Forces, Cdr Marine-Feldbatterie) 
19.09.1901 Major
19.09.1901 5. Badisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 76 - Freiburg i.B  (Abteilung Cdr)
18.05.1908 Oberstleutnant
21.04.1911 Oberst
18.11.1911 3. Garde-Feldartillerie-Regiment - Berlin  (Cdr)
22.03.1914 18. Feldartillerie-Brigade - Altona  (Cdr)
22.04.1914 Generalmajor
   
Great War  
   
02.08.1914 18. Feldartillerie-Brigade  =  18.ID / 1. Armee
22.06.1915 18. Infanterie-Division  (replaced Max von Kluge)
27.01.1918 Generalleutnant
21.03.1918 killed in action:  Templeux-le-Guérard, France
   
   
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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