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Reburial of the WW1 Soldiers

11/7/2016

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Friday 4th November reburial for the WW1 soldiers found this autumn was held near Kekeva outside Riga in Latvia. 
These soldiers was recoverd thanks to the soldier recovery groups Legenda, Patriots, Ordensis and Brālība who worked together to exhume them all. 
These soldiers belonging to 7th regiment of the Latvian Riflemen and the Imperial Russian 6th Army Corps,Siberian, died while defending Riga against advancing Imperial German troops in 1916. Of the 78 it was possible to find the names of 25, four of them from the Latvian regiment. 
The soldiers were buried with full military honors.

Arrows 7th Bauskogo Regiment of the Latvian Shooters:

1. Witte, karlis yuryevich
2. Zalʹkalns Karlis,
3. Rudzis Janis,
4. Vitols;
The Soldiers of the 6TH Army Corps: Siberian
5. Sapper Matveyev, Alexander.
6. Bombardier Gushchin Vasily,
7. Junior an artilleryman beredikhin Vladimir,
8. Corpsman Molokov Nikita,
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9. Kuzmich Alexander,
10. Pabidze Luca,
11. Ledzik Joseph,
12. Khlebnikov Andrei,
13. Safarganov Husan,
14. Guba Ivan Ivanovich,
15. Alexander Belov,
16. Akinfiyevich Smirnov,
17. Morozov, Alexander.
18. Lekantsev Stepan,
19. Tarachev Phillip,
20. Sukhov Ivan (State Military-Historical Archive of Russia, the d. 391, op. 1, 1.1760, p. 1);
The Gunners (killed in action 6 July 1916)
21. Kalutskiy Mikhail,
22. Terelygin Egor
23. Abramenko Vasily,
24. Guzenko Nicephorus,
25. Kharitonenko Cyril (State Military-Historical Archive of Russia, the d. 391, op. 1, 1.11686, p. 1).

R.I.P.
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