V C Memorial, Barrow-in-Furness
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 10 December 2025
Just inside the entrance to Barrow Park lies a memorial to William Thomas Forshaw, of the Manchester Regiment, who was awarded a Victoria Cross for his bravery in action during the Gallipoli campaign for over forty hours between the 7th and 9th August 1915.
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Tags: Barrow-in-Furness, First World War, Gallipoli, Manchester Regiment, the Great War, William Thomas Forshaw, World War 1, WW1, WWI
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