WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Lemi, Lemin sankarihautausmaa

Lemi

Period
Unknown
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 134 graves. Memorial designed by Viljo Savikurki. Unveiled 1954.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”Sotilas ja äiti”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Iitiäntie 4, 54710 Lemi. Muistopaikka. Käyttäydy kunnioittavasti ja noudata alueen omia ohjeita.

Related photographs

Photographs of the same subject from the same municipality. They do not show this site — each caption says what it actually shows.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 20 June 1941

    Pataljoona siirtyi 20.6.1941 Lemille, missä 1. Komppania majoittui Huttulan kylään, 2. Komppania Lavelan kylään ja 3. Komppania Sutelan kylään. 3. Komppania siirtyi jo seuraavana päivänä Lappeelle Kärjen kylään.

    Troop movement · Lemi · 1,5 km

Recorded casualties in the area

Lemi
34

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.

Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)