Alexander Robert Ludwig Georg Paul Bloch von Blottnitz
(06.11.1859 - 21.03.1918) - kia
place of birth:  Grottkau, Schlesien
Königreich Preußen:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant (Art)


Paul Bloch von Blottnitz was a Prussian general and artillery specialist who commanded 18. Infanterie-Division during the Great War. Paul was the son of Prussian Generalmajor Theodor Bloch von Blottnitz and launched his own military career as an artillery officer headquartered in Erfurt. Although he attended Prussian War College, Paul never served on the Great General Staff. He instead spent nine years as an instructor at the Artillery Training Academy in Jüterbog. In the spring of 1914, he received command of 18. Feldartillere-Brigade in Hamburg-Altona and was promoted to Generalmajor.

Going into battle in August 1914 with this brigade, Bloch's troops fought in support of General von Quast's IX. Armee-Korps. They thus participated in the taking of Fortress Liege, as well as the September 1914 battles at Château-Thierry and along the River Ourcq. In the summer of 1915, Bloch was sent up to 18. Infanterie-Division headquarters to replace General von Kluge as commander. Generalmajor Bloch's soldiers were soon engaged in the trenches of the Champagne area and then took part in the summertime 1916 Battle of the Somme. In October 1917, the division was dispatched to the Eastern Front to fight in support of Heeres-Gruppe Eichhorn, but was soon returned to Upper Alsace, France where it was subordinate to the headquarters of Heeres-Gruppe Herzog Albrecht. Bloch was promoted to Generalleutnant in early 1918.  In March 1918 as Ludendorff launched his German Spring Offensive, Bloch was killed in action at Templeux-le-Guérard, a small village located in the Somme region of northern France.

	Generalleutnant	27.01.1918