 Bork was born in Lasdehnen, East Prussia, he joined the German Army in 1916 and remained in the Weimar German Reichswehr.In World War II Bork commanded the 47th Infantry Division, the XIII Army Corps and the Korps "Bork".He received the German Cross in Gold on 16 August 1942 as "Oberst" im Generalstab of the LIII.