Monument to the first fallen soldier of the School Company, Edgars Krieviņš
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Located in the Valmiera City Center Cemetery, near the chapel (Miera Street 1/3, Valmiera)
A soldier of the 8th (Student) Company of the Cēsis Regiment, LKOK Edgars Krieviņš (1899-1919), died on June 7 from injuries sustained in the Battle of Cēsis on June 6, 1919, when, when the enemy attacked, he covered the retreat of the rest of the units.
Used sources and references:
Lismanis J. In memory of the battles and fallen soldiers of 1915-1920. Memorial sites of the First World War and the Latvian Liberation Struggles. Riga, 1999. - 351 pages.
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