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Colonial Territories Memorial
In south cloister is a tablet in memory of those who served in the Colonial Territories. At the top is the Royal achievement of arms.
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Poets' Corner Honour for Elizabeth Gaskell
Friday, 24th September 2010
A memorial window panel in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner to the Victorian novelist and biographer Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was dedicated on Saturday 25th September 2010.
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Pioneer of Industrial Revolution Honoured at Abbey
Friday, 17th October 2014
A memorial to the 18th century Birmingham industrialist, Matthew Boulton FRS was dedicated in the Chapel of St Paul, Westminster Abbey, on Friday 17th October 2014.
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Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse
Friday, 20th September 2019
HRH The Duke of Kent attended the dedication of a memorial stone to PG Wodehouse at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th September 2019.
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Remembering War, Rethinking the Tasks of Peace
On VE - or Victory in Europe - Day in May 1945, Westminster Abbey hosted thanksgiving services every hour, welcoming an estimated 25,000 people. Join us this May and June as we unpack life beyond victory, with a season of events about rebuilding society and the legacy of conflict.
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Memorial Service held for Lord Bingham
Thursday, 26th May 2011
A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG was held at the Abbey on Wednesday 25th May 2011.
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Westminster Abbey Honours Father of Modern Australia
Wednesday, 9th July 2014
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service to Dedicate a Memorial to Admiral Arthur Phillip RN at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 9th July.
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Malaya memorial
In the north cloister is a large Roman stone mural slab commemorating those who served Malaya. It was unveiled by The Queen Mother.
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Vigil of Prayer for the Innocent Victims of the Gaza Conflict
Saturday, 17th January 2009
On Saturday afternoon after Evensong there was a short vigil of prayer, led by the Canon in Residence, at the Innocent Victims' Memorial for the innocent victims of the current conflict in and around Gaza.
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Swiss President pays respects to innocent victims
Thursday, 28th April 2022
Swiss President pays respect to innocent victims: The President of the Swiss Confederation, His Excellency Ignazio Cassis, laid a wreath at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial during a visit to Westminster Abbey on.
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Westminster Abbey Marks Srebrenica Anniversary
Monday, 6th July 2015
A Solemn Commemoration for Srebrenica Memorial Day was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday 6th July.
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Remembering Chernobyl
Tuesday, 26th April 2005
The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, led the Chernobyl Children's Project and others in a brief wreath laying service at 12 noon on Tuesday 26th April, at the Innocent Victim's Memorial.
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Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey
Wednesday, 23rd February 2005
Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.
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Beyond Victory: Westminster Walking Tour
Saturday, 10th May 2025
Take a reflective walk with guide Katie Wignall as she examines what the memorials in the Westminster area tell us about the impact and legacy of the Second World War.
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Charles Gore Seminar: Memory, identity and hope
Thursday, 20th March 2025
Join us for a seminar evening considering theological and cultural reflections on the Commonwealth today.
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Betjeman Centenary
Monday, 28th August 2006
Sir John Betjeman's centenary will be marked with a wreathlaying ceremony at his memorial in Poets' Corner on Monday.
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Ticket ballot opens for Stephen Hawking Memorial Service
Wednesday, 9th May 2018
A ballot opens 9th May for tickets for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Professor Stephen Hawking and the burial of his ashes.
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An Evening with Sir Max Hastings: Commemoration and Remembrance
Tuesday, 3rd June 2025
Renowned historian Max Hastings draws on his years of writing about the history of war to make the case for why we should remember.
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Baroness Boothroyd remembered at St Margaret's memorial service
Tuesday, 16th January 2024
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Right Honourable The Baroness Boothroyd OM was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 16th January 2024.
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Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey
Wednesday, 25th April 2018
Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.
