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Title
Memorial to Commander Gerald Forsberg (1912–2000)
Date
2002
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 50 x W 125 x D 40 cm;
Plinth: H 70 x W 200 x D 70 cm (E)
Accession number
LA4_AG_S030
Acquisition method
commissioned by the British Long Distance Swimming Association
Work type
Statue
Owner
Lancaster City Council
Custodian
Lancaster City Council
Access
at all times
Inscription description
an incised plate fixed to the plinth: COMMANDER CHARLES GERALD FORSBERG OBE, RN (RTD.). / 18TH JUNE 1912 - 24TH OCTOBER 2000 / THIS MEMORIAL ACKNOWLEDGES THE RETIREMENT WISH OF 'GERRY' FORSBERG TO / "SIT FACING WONDERFUL MORECAMBE BAY AND INBIBE THE MATCHLESS VIEW", / GERRY'S LIFE EMBRACED THE SEA. HE WAS A MASTER MARINER, SERVED WITH COURAGE AND DISTINCTION / WITH THE ROYAL NAVY IN W.W.ll AND, LATTERLY, BECAME A MOST RESPECTED MARINE SALVAGE OFFICER. / HE WAS ALSO A MARATHON SWIMMER WHOSE SWIMS INCLUDED THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (WORLD RECORD 1957), / LOCH NEAGH AND LOCH LOMOND AS WELL AS 23 CROSSINGS OF THIS, HIS BELOVED BAY. / RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY, HE REMAINS AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE TO THOSE WHO ATTEMPT / TO EMULATE HIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS. / A PRODIGIOUS AUTHOR, SCHOLAR AND THE MOST GENTLE AND AMIABLE OF MEN, / GERRY IS CONSTANTLY RECALLED WITH GREAT AFFECTION BY HIS MANY FRIENDS. / PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH LONG-DISTANCE SWIMMING ASSOCIATION