Karl Ritter von Schoch
(5.08.1863 - 10.10.1940)
place of birth:  Nürnberg, Mittelfranken  (Nuremberg, Bavaria)


Bavarian lieutenant general in charge of the 4th Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade at mobilization. He later commanded at the division level.

Ritter von Schoch was born into the Franconian home of Colonel Karl Schoch and his spouse Maria née Heymann. They also had three other sons who all served as generals: Albert, Emil, and Gustav. Upon joining the Royal Bavarian Army, Karl Ritter von Schoch married Mathilde Bohn, with whom he had one son. He was later married to Elisabeth Keller right after the Great War came to a close. He died in Berlin in late 1940.