Corporal Narkēvic's trench Fortification

The excavation restored by Corporal Narkēvics is located in the immediate vicinity of the Cietokšņa Channel and can be viewed both separately and along the Karosta Freedom Trail.

The site of the trench from which Latvian Army Corporal Vilis Narkēvics guarded the Šķēde Bridge using a rifle (light machine gun). Corporal Narkēvičs was armed with a 7.69 mm calibre Lewis assault rifle (light or hand machine gun) purchased from the British. With 97 rounds loaded in the magazine, it was a heavy (almost 12 kg) but effective weapon. Corporal Vilis Narkēvics' experience gained on the World War fronts and his accurate machine-gun fire won the battle. He was awarded the Military Order of the Order of the Knights of the Latvian Armed Forces.

NBS soldiers and servicemen restored Corporal Narkēvics' position in April 2017.