Karl Philipp Ludwig Ritter von Schoch
(05.08.1863 - 10.10.1940)
place of birth:  Nürnberg, Mittelfranken
Königreich Bayern:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant


General Karl von Schoch was a Royal Bavarian officer charge of Bavaria's 4. Infanterie-Brigade as Imperial German forces mobilized for World War One. He was born into the Franconian home of Oberst Karl Schoch and his spouse Maria née Heymann. There were additionally three other sons in the Schoch family, all of whom served as Royal Bavarian generals: Albert, Emil, and Gustav. 

Generalmajor Schoch led his 4. Infanterie-Brigade soldiers into battle as hostilities broke out on 2 August 1914, fighting in support of Crown Prince Rupprecht's Sixth Field Army. For his leadership during the early stages of the War, Schoch was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Bavaria's highest military order - the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden. He was officially presented with the decoration on 18.09.1914.

In 1915, the recently ennobled Ritter von Schoch successfully commanded 21. Infanterie-Brigade on the Eastern Front during the breakthrough at Gorlice, as well as the retaking of Fortress Przemysl. Back in the West in 1916, he led the 21st brigade as they stormed the Avocourt Forrest near Verdun, although he soon became gravely ill. 1917 saw him take charge of General von Mudra's Line-of-Communications for Armeeabteilung "A". He was named commander of the Royal Bavarian Ersatz Division in October of that year, but was soon transferred to head up Bavaria's 3. Infanterie-Division, a unit he was to command for the remainder of the War.

Ritter von Schoch left the Army in 1919 and spent his post-War years as a member of the Deutsche Volkspartei (DVP). From 1920 to 1924, he represented the DVP at the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic years. Schoch was married to Mathilde Bohn in 1897, and the couple had one son. He later married Elisabeth Keller soon after the Great War came to a close.

	Generalleutnant	17.07.1917
	Militär-Max-Joseph	26.08.1914  Ritter
	Verdst-Ord Bayr-Krone	26.12.1916  Ritter