Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Bock und Polach
(18.05.1849 - 13.10.1934)
place of birth:  Haus Sandfort
Königreich Preußen:  Stellv KG,  General der Infanterie


General Friedrich von Bock und Polach served as a Prussian corps-level commander in the latter part of the 19th century. On the suggestion of his brother, the later Generalfeldmarschall Max von Bock und Polach (1842–1915), Friedrich began his military career as a Fähnrich with Infanterie-Regiment Nr.55 in Minden. He was immediately forward deployed and saw action at Kissingen during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Following the hostilities, Bock was commissioned as a Sekonde-Lieutenant and four years later once again went into battle during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.

Although Bock did not attend Prussian War College, he served in various positions as a General Staff officer for a total of about ten years. In 1901, he was promoted to Generalleutnant and assigned command of 37. Infanterie-Division headquarters Allenstein. He then spent a year in command of 1. Infanterie-Division troops in Königsberg before a transfer back west to Hamburg in 1904 to relieve General Robert von Massow as commander of IX. Armee-Korps headquarters. Following three years of duty there, General der Infanterie Friedrich von Bock und Polach retired from active duty in May of 1907. After general mobilization in 1914, he was reactivated in order to serve as General Adolf von Oven's acting commander at V. Armee-Korps headquarters in Posen during the final three years of the Great War.

	General der Infanterie	24.12.1905
	Erinnerungs-Kreuz	Deutscher Krieg  1866
	Eisernes Kreuz II	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871