Major Rev. Wilhelm Georg Bach^{[1, 2]}

1892 - 1942  (50 years)

• Name	Wilhelm Georg Bach
  Prefix	Major Rev.
  Born	5 Nov 1892	Obereisenheim, Landkreis Würzburg, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1 - He was a veteran of the First World War and a British POW.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-165048
  Died	22 Dec 1942	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I165048	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Major Wilhelm Georg Bach image from afrikakorps.org

  
  

• Notes

  Wilhelm Bach was born in Oberwoesheim, Bavaria. He was a veteran of the First World War and a British POW. After the war, he married, raised a family, and became a Lutheran minister in Mannheim. Before the Second World War, he was called up to the military. He served in Africa, where he was promoted to Major and was awarded the Knight's Cross. He courageously defended the Halfaya Pass (named "Hellfire Pass" by the Allies) until supply lines were cut and he surrendered on Jan. 17, 1942. As a POW, he was brought to Canada where he died of cancer later that year. He was very well-liked by his men, who carved a wooden marker for his grave which stands in the corner of the cemetery, separate from his burial plot. Source: Rommel's Desert Commanders, by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., 2007.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41506719/major_wilhelm-georg-bach. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . 1939/ Major/ WILHELM/ BACH/ 3.11.1892/ 22.12.1942.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 22 Dec 1942 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth