His father's brothers, Richard William Formby and Myles Lonsdale Formby and Richard Dunn Warren the husband of his father's sister Emily Cecile (nee Formby) also fell. The four men are commemorated on a plaque at St.Luke's C.of E. Church, Formby. TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN MYLES LONSDALE FORMBY, WILTSHIRE REGT, KILLED OCT. 26TH 1914, AT NEUVE CHAPPELLE, FRANCE, AGED 39.LIEUT. RICHARD WILLIAM FORMBY, R.E.,P.W.D. MADRAS,KILLED FEB. 16TH 1917, AT LE TRANSLOY, FRANCE, AGED 40.CAPTAIN THOMAS HOPE FORMBY,CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGT.KILLED OCT. 13TH 1916, AT THIEPVAL, FRANCE, AGED 26.MAJOR RICHARD DUNN WARREN,LEICESTERSHIRE REGT.KILLED APRIL 7TH 1918, AT YPRES, BELGIUM, AGED 39.(KILLED IN ACTION) THE SONS, GRANDSON, SON-IN LAWOF THE LATE MYLES LONSDALE FORMBY,GRANDSON OF REV. RICHARD FORMBY, OF FORMBY HALL.

2 images St Luke's Church in Formby is situated at the junction of Lifeboat Road and St Luke's Church Road ( off Kirklake Road ). The churchyard is adjacent to Formby National Trust land, comprising sand dunes and pine woods with red squirrels. Entrance to National Trust is on Victoria Road.I was fortunate to meet the churchwarden who unlocked the church for me: allowing me to photograph the War memorial. The present church was built between 1840 and 1880 on land donated by the Formby family, replacing an earlier church destroyed by sandstorms in 1739. The name of Capt. Thomas Hope Formby is one of five names, all related to the Formby family. There is a separate war memorial plaque listing the names of other Formby soldiers killed in the 1914-18 (4 soldiers) and 1939-45 ( 14 soldiers ) World Wars.