WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Pori, Keski-Porin hautausmaa

Pori

Period
1859
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location
Sankarihautajaiset
Photo: Satakunnan Museo · CC BY 4.0 · File page

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 445 graves. Memorial designed by Aimo Tukiainen. Unveiled 1952.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”In Memorial”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Hallituskatu 1, 28100 Pori. 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. 12 October 1939

    XII/KT-Pr:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Pori · 529 m

  2. 12 October 1939

    IX/KT-Pr:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Pori · 529 m

  3. 14 October 1939 – 20 October 1939

    3. Er.KKK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Pori · 529 m

  4. 3 July 1943

    Ensimmäiset Sturm-rynnäkkötykit saapuivat Poriin ja sieltä Varkauteen.

    Military operation · Pori · 529 m

Recorded casualties in the area

Pori
31

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)