Monument to the soldiers of the 4th Valmiera infantry regiment who fell in the battles of the Liberation of Latvia
Memorial site
It is located in the Kapele cemetery, on the outskirts of the Z part of Krustpils on the right side of the city of Jēkabpils, behind the Krustpils railway station at Zņuņu iela.
The monument is dedicated to the soldiers of the 4th Valmiera Infantry Regiment - Corporal Fridrich Gagnus and the soldiers - Jēkabs Lutcs, Jānis Miķelsons, Mārtiņas Pabērzas, Jānis Statāns and Gustas Līcis, who participated in the liberation of Krustpils and Jēkabpils from the German invaders and died on 26th of 1919. in August, who were laid to rest in a common grave on August 29, 1919.
In 1937, the Latgale Artillery Regiment approached the Fraternal Graves Committee with a request to develop a monument project. The monument was designed by the architect V. Vitand, while the monument was made in the form of a plate by the firm of E. Kuraua. Already on September 30, 1938, with the participation of the participants of the Freedom Struggle, the Krustpils community and the honor guard of the Latgale Artillery Regiment, the monument was consecrated. The monument below the text on the D side originally had a rifle and helmet cast in bronze. They disappeared. In 2006, the missing parts were restored in similar plastic, and on September 2 of the same year, the restored monument was consecrated with the participation of representatives of the city of Valmiera. The words: "We die so that you may live" are inscribed on the monument.
Used sources and references:
Iluta Bērziņa, custodian of the main collection of the Jēkabpils History Museum
http://www.jekabpilslaiks.lv/?mod=1&op=out&id=14385&r=Jekabpils