Just up Lake Road from the Royalty Cinema in Bowness-on-Windermere lies Windermere’s War Memorial, a stone wall with plinth in the centre surmounted by a tapered rectangular column. A laurel wreath and sword of sacrifice are on the front face of the column.

The WW1 inscription on the wall reads “In undying memory of the men who fell in the Great War.” Posts at each end bear WW2 names on the internal panels:-

Central column:-

The plinth contains names for the Great War:-

The external left hand post bears a name from the Korean War 1951. Great War names beyond.

The right hand external post contains a dedication “On active service 1985.” Great War names beyond:-

Second World War Names on internal faces of the posts:-

Swarthmoor is a village/hamlet between Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston. Its War Memorial (for the Parish of Pennington,) in the form of a simple stone cross, is at the southern end of the village.

Inscription: “1914 – 1918 Pennington Memorial of the Great War for the world’s freedom and of the men who gave their lives for their King and their country. Simply to thy cross I cling.” The words “They shall be had in everlasting remembrance” lie around the remaining three faces of the plinth:-

Dedications, Swarthmoor War Memorial, Plus D-Day Anniversary wreath:-

World War 2 dedication and names:-

A plaque to the front of the Memorial is in remembrance of a VC recipient, Private Harry Christian, of the King’s Own (Royal Lancashire Regiment) 18/10/1915:-

Great War names:-

Regular readers will know of my interest in the Great War.

As a result I could not resist the opportunity to request a book with the title No Man’s Land from ParSec’s latest list for review.

It is written by Richard Morgan, whose work from Altered Carbon onwards I have usually find very good.

From the ARC’s blurb it would appear that this book does indeed take the Great War as its starting point, but being a fantasy will no doubt diverge from there quite quickly.

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 honoured memory of the men of Barrow-in-Furness who fell in the Great War.” Lower plaque reads, “To the men and women of Barrow-in-Furness who died as a result of enemy action 1939-45.”:-

Great War names B W Adams – W Glover:-

Great War names W Gott – JJ Nicholls plus plaque reading, “In memory of those who died in the struggle for freedom.”

The Second World War names are set into the railings surrounding the memorial plinth:-

A photograph of the opening ceremony and details of the figurative cartouches at the corners of the memorial are on this Facebook page.

By the side of the memorial is a Second World War Memorial Bench:-

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 7^th and 9^th August 1915.

Information board:-

The plaque at Dumbarton Central railway station commemorating the employees of the Dumbarton and Balloch Joint line who were killed during the Great War.

There also used to be a Great War Memorial plaque at Dumbarton East Station but since the station buildings were demolished some while back I have no idea what happened to it.

A memorial in Barrow to the men of two submarines of the Royal Australian Navy, built in Barrow-in-Furness and lost in the Great War.

Submarine AE 1 was lost off Papua New Guinea in September 1914, with all hands.

AE 2 was the first submarine to penetrate the Sea of Marmara in the Dardanelles campaign, where she  was damaged by a Turkish torpedo boat and scuttled by her crew, who were captured. Four died as POWs.

I published my photo of the War Memorial at Fulwell here.

Recently I received a comment on that post from Phil Cockton saying “Look at it now,” so I made a search on the internet.

I found this BBC news page.

I have taken the liberty of copying the photo from it.

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Memorial on Menin Road, near Ypres (Ieper) Belgium:-

Last Post at Menin Gate, May 2017:-

Thornhill is a village in Stirlingshire.

Its war memorial, dedicated to the men of the Parish of Norrieston, stands on the corner of Main Street and Kippen Road.

Reverse view:-

Dedication plaques:-