COMMANDER // 1884–1942
Krišjānis Berķis
Lifespan
1884 – 1942
Active service 1919 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 35.
Profile
Krišjānis Berķis was a Latvian general. Rising to prominence as an officer of the Latvian Riflemen in World War I, he was promoted to the rank of general during the Latvian War of Independence, and served on the Army General Staff after the war. After the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States, he was deported to Siberia and died in a Gulag labor camp.
Battles (1)
1919
Battle of CēsisRussian Civil War · Estonia