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Friedrich Boedicker

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Allegiance
  
German Empire

Name
  
Friedrich Bodicker

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine

Born
  
March 13, 1866 Kassel (
1866-03-13
)

Died
  
September 20, 1944(1944-09-20) (aged 78)

Rank
  
Vizeadmiral (vice admiral)

Battles/wars
  
World War I Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft Battle of Jutland

Friedrich Boedicker, (13 March 1866, Kassel – 20 September 1944) was a Vizeadmiral (vice admiral) of the Kaiserliche Marine during the First World War.

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Biography

Boedicker is perhaps best known for being present at the Battle of Jutland, where ships of his Second Scouting Group fired some of the first shots of the action. He also commanded the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group during the bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft a month before the battle of Jutland, due to Franz von Hipper being on sick leave.

Decorations and awards

  • Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class
  • Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords
  • Order of the Crown, 2nd class (Prussia)
  • Service Award (Prussia)
  • Honorary Knight's Cross, First Class of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
  • Friedrich August Cross, 1st class (Oldenburg)
  • Commander, First Class of the Albert Order with swords (Saxony)

    • References

    Friedrich Boedicker Wikipedia
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