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VE Day 75
On 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill announced that the Second World War in Europe at an end. This was VE Day or Victory in Europe Day.
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Atwood family
Scientist, Mathematician and Priest/Minister
In St Margaret's church are two memorials to the Atwood family. The Reverend Thomas Atwood and his wife have a tablet on the south wall.
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Charles, Viscount Portal
Airman
Beneath the Battle of Britain memorial window in Westminster Abbey is the name of Charles Frederick, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Air Chief Marshal.
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Michael Faraday
Scientist and Physicist
In the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial floor stone for Michael Faraday, physicist and chemist.
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Charles Kingsley
Writer, Poet and Priest/Minister
A bust to writer and poet Charles Kingsley has been moved from St George's chapel to Poets' Corner. By T. Woolner.
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Samuel Johnson
Writer
In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare’s memorial.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poet
In Poets' Corner is a mural tablet with a lyre to Romantic poet Percy Shelley. This is joined to an identical tablet for John Keats.
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Philip Larkin
Writer, Poet and Novelist
A memorial stone for poet and writer Philip Arthur Larkin, C.H., C.B.E., was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 2nd December 2016.
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Nelson Mandela
Statesman and Lawyer
On 18th July 2018 a memorial to Nelson Mandela was unveiled in the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone
A memorial stone to Nelson Mandela was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on 18th July 2018, the birth centenary of the former President of South Africa.
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Abbey service for St Oscar Romero
Saturday, 17th November 2018
A Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero was held at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 17th November 2018.
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Henry VI
Henry VI was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1429 aged 8. He has a modern statue in the Lady Chapel.
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John Broughton
Soldier
John Broughton, champion boxer and later Yeoman of the Guard, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey in 1789.
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William Blakeney
Soldier
General William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, but the gravestone wording is now very faint.
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Thomas Campbell
Writer and Poet
Poet and writer Thomas Campbell is buried in Poets' Corner. He has a life sized marble statue near Shakespeare's memorial, by sculptor W. Calder Marshall.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Engineer
A window was erected in the nave of Westminster Abbey in 1868 to commemorate the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Designed by Norman Shaw.
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Thomas Fowell Buxton
Politician, Philanthropist and Abolitionist
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, politician, philanthropist and slave trade abolitionist, was born on 1st April 1786, eldest son of Thomas and Anna (Hanbury).
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Stamford Raffles
Statesman and Diplomat
In the north choir aisle is a memorial statue to Sir (Thomas) Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. It is a seated white marble life-sized figure.
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William Vincent & Family
Writer, Dean and Priest/Minister
William Vincent, Dean of Westminster, is buried in St Benedict's chapel. Nearby in the south transept are memorial tablets to him, his wife and son George Giles.
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William Woollett
Artist
William Woollett, celebrated English carver of his day, has a memorial in the west cloister. It shows his bust with a relief of his studio.