caption placeofburial_coordinates death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
richard gustav borgelin 54 : dk_type : landmark inline 59 53.14 n 12 8 37.51 e region 8 december 1966 copenhagen , denmark herning , denmark denmark estonia dansk-baltisk army -lrb- 1919 -rrb- estonian army -lrb- 1919 - 1922 auxiliær -rrb- corps -lrb- 1919 -rrb- white russian northwest cross '' -rrb- cross of the eagle 3rd class with swords of -lrb- '' 1930 '' -rrb- order of lāčplēsis 3rd class liberty -lrb- '' 1922 '' -rrb- order of st. vladimir 4th i/2 class with swords -lrb- northwest army -rrb- order of st. and anna 2nd class with swords -lrb- northwest army -rrb- medal ii/3 of the estonian independence war -lrb- '' 1920 '' -rrb- -lrb- medal of latvian independence war '' 1920 estonian civil war war of independence latvian war of independence russian 10 february 1887 kalvehave , denmark captain kolonelleitnant -lrb- 1919 -rrb- rgborgelin.jpg richard gustav borgelin
 richard gustav borgelin
richard gustav borgelin

captain richard gustav borgelin -lrb- 10 february 1887 , herning , denmark -- 8 december 1966 , copenhagen , denmark -rrb- was a danish officer and company commander of the danish-baltic auxiliary corps -lrb- dbac -rrb- in 1919 during the estonian and latvian war of independence .
borgelin attended and successfully ended his education at the royal danish army officers academy in 1909 .
in 1919 , when borgelin was officer of the reserve and in charge of the second regiment corporal school at the værløse camp in northern zealand , he was given the offer of becoming company commander of a combat unit consisting of 200 men .
in the spring of 1919 , borgelin and his `` compagnie borgelin '' arrived in estonia with 12 danish officers , 12 danish junior officers and 189 danish privates .
the company participated in the estonian and latvian war of independence under estonian army command until 1 september 1919 , when the contract expired and the company was disbanded .
borgelin and seven other danes were awarded the latvian military order of lāčplēsis of third class .
in gratitude for his services to the estonian state , borgelin was granted maidla manor in estonia .
