Major Josef Bischoff
Major Josef Bischoff
If someone can help please, I'm after biographical information on Bischoff ,awarded the PLM in 1918, and later commander of the Freikorps Iron Division in the Baltic 1919.Thanks in advance.
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Hi Peter,
Char. Oberstleutnant Josef Bischoff has a biography in volume 1 of Biblio Verlag's Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite from which here is a summary:
Born 14 July 1872 at Langenbrück, Upper Silesia
Died 12 December 1948 at Baden near Vienna
Entered the Prussian Army in Infantry Regiment 22 in January 1892 and was commissioned as a Sekondelieutenant on the 16 March 1893. Promoted to Oberleutnant on the 22 March 1902 he served with the Schutztruppe in East and then West Africa being promoted to Hauptmann on the 23rd of June 1904. In 1909 he was appointed as a company commander in Infantry Regiment 112 and in 1911 as a company commander in Infantry Regiment 166. Promoted to Major on the 1 October 1913, at mobilisation he was appointed as the battalion commander of III./Reserve Infantry Regiment 60. In March 1916 he became commander of the 1st Turkish Camel Regiment followed by an assignment to the Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 60. On the 2 January 1917 he was appointed Regimental Commander of Infantry Regiment 461 where he won his PLM on the 30 June 1918 for the defence of Belleau Wood in early June 1918. He commanded the Iron Brigade/Division from 16 Jan 1919 until going on leave in October 1919 and retirement in 1920. He was promoted to the brevet or charakter rank of Oberstleutnant on the 25th anniversary of the battle of Tannenberg on the 27th of August 1939.
Regards
Glenn
Char. Oberstleutnant Josef Bischoff has a biography in volume 1 of Biblio Verlag's Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite from which here is a summary:
Born 14 July 1872 at Langenbrück, Upper Silesia
Died 12 December 1948 at Baden near Vienna
Entered the Prussian Army in Infantry Regiment 22 in January 1892 and was commissioned as a Sekondelieutenant on the 16 March 1893. Promoted to Oberleutnant on the 22 March 1902 he served with the Schutztruppe in East and then West Africa being promoted to Hauptmann on the 23rd of June 1904. In 1909 he was appointed as a company commander in Infantry Regiment 112 and in 1911 as a company commander in Infantry Regiment 166. Promoted to Major on the 1 October 1913, at mobilisation he was appointed as the battalion commander of III./Reserve Infantry Regiment 60. In March 1916 he became commander of the 1st Turkish Camel Regiment followed by an assignment to the Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 60. On the 2 January 1917 he was appointed Regimental Commander of Infantry Regiment 461 where he won his PLM on the 30 June 1918 for the defence of Belleau Wood in early June 1918. He commanded the Iron Brigade/Division from 16 Jan 1919 until going on leave in October 1919 and retirement in 1920. He was promoted to the brevet or charakter rank of Oberstleutnant on the 25th anniversary of the battle of Tannenberg on the 27th of August 1939.
Regards
Glenn
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Anyone with a good picture of Major Bischoff?
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Only a small one at hand... von der Goltz on the left, Bischoff right
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Thank you
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Re: Major Josef Bischoff
How Major Bischoff performed has the Commander of the Freikorps Iron Division in the Baltic in 1919?
By the way great picture of him, really appreciated.
Regards
By the way great picture of him, really appreciated.
Regards
Re: Major Josef Bischoff
Well, after what I have read he did very well
Horrido,
Nicole
Horrido,
Nicole
Re: Major Josef Bischoff
Finally we managed to buy a copy of Bischoff's Book "Die letzte Front" for an acceptable price.
It is really worth reading if you are interested in the fightings in the Baltikum post WW1, and gives a good insight in the motivations of the various forces with german contribution that had fought there.
Horrido!
Nicole
It is really worth reading if you are interested in the fightings in the Baltikum post WW1, and gives a good insight in the motivations of the various forces with german contribution that had fought there.
Horrido!
Nicole
Re: Major Josef Bischoff
Is there anything on Bischoff's time with the Ottomans in the Arabian peninsula?
Erika
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Hello
Was he reactivated in WW2 ? If so, his assignments ?
In Wegmann´s book there is an Otl. Bischoff 1942/43 Kdt. eines Stalags, is it him ?
Thanks
Was he reactivated in WW2 ? If so, his assignments ?
In Wegmann´s book there is an Otl. Bischoff 1942/43 Kdt. eines Stalags, is it him ?
Thanks