Memorial

Captain R Formby

The plaque

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

St Luke's Church, St Luke's Church Rd, Formby, Sefton, Merseyside, L37 2DF, England

SD 28058 06715

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 15413
Description: Shouldered nowy headed brass plaque with a cast badge of the Royal Marines fixed above the incised inscription.
Inscription: In proud and/ loving memory of/ my husband/ Richard Formby/ Captain Royal Marines/ killed in Action on/ 22nd May 1941/ while serving on HMS Gloucester/ in the Battle of Crete

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Relationship, forename, surname, rank, unit, manner and date of death, vessel
Order of names: As above

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Pages on the church's war memorials and those commemorated there: https://www.stlukesformby.org.uk/Memorial/index.htm