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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jackdeighton
11 December 2025 at 15:00
Barrow’s War Memorial is a cenotaph standing on a hill in Barrow Park. View uphill from the memorial to a VC winner:- Closer view:- Poppy detail by side of steps up to the Memorial:- Upper detail; crest and inscription “AD 1914-1919”:- Barrow War memorial plaques. Upper plaque reads, “To the glory of God and in […]
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