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• Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

  Sunday, 25th September 2022

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: George Herbert Two of this month’s sermons at Evensong are based upon religious figures educated (at different times) at Westminster School.

• Homily given at Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter 2023

  Sunday, 23rd April 2023

  Homily given at Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter 2023: Today is the day we traditionally honour St George. Today, April 23, is the day we traditionally honour St George. He.

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)

  The Harrison & Harrison organ of Westminster Abbey was installed for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. With four manuals and eighty-four speaking stops.

• Villiers Family

  Politician and Soldier

  Sir George Villiers, his wife Mary, son George 1st Duke of Buckingham and others of the family are buried in Westminster Abbey.

• Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures

  Eric Abbott was Dean of Westminster between 1959 and 1974. His friends set up a memorial trust to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality.

• Funeral and wax effigies

  Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

  Royalty

• The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial

  Wednesday, 7th May 2003

  The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial in Westminster Abbey unveiled and dedicated at a Service on 14th May 2003.

  Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2018

  Sunday, 14th October 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2018: May we commit ourselves to dedicate our lives to the service of God in Christ and to the service of.

• 22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 10th May 2007

  Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• The Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle at Westminster Abbey

  A varied collection of music one might hear if visiting the Abbey on its patronal feast - that of St Peter the Apostle on 29th June.

• Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

  Musician and Composer

  Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, eminent musician, was buried in the north choir aisle, near the graves of Henry Purcell, John Blow and William Sterndale Bennett.

• Processional banners

  We have six processional banners, which are carried at festivals and certain special services. At other times, they’re usually displayed either side of the altar.

  Art

• President George W. Bush and First Lady visit Abbey

  Thursday, 20th November 2003

  The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr welcomed President Bush and Mrs George W Bush to Westminster Abbey today and invited him to lay a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  State Visit President of the United States George W. Bush Laura Bush

• St George's Day

  Saturday, 23rd April 2005

  Representations of St George and his dragon can be seen in Westminster Abbey on Henry VIIs tomb and grille, in the Lady Chapel statue series, in stained glass windows to the YMCA and Sir Benjamin Baker in the nave, and in the window in St Benedicts chapel.

  St George

• George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland

  Soldier

  George Fitzroy, Earl and Duke of Northumberland, was buried in the vault of the Duke of Albemarle in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel.

• St George, martyr, patron of England, c 303 (transferred)

  St George flag

• George Wylde

  Politician

  George Wylde, politician is buried in the north ambulatory, near the entrance to St Paul's chapel. The stone is rather damaged and has been re-cut.

• George Green

  Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist

  A memorial for George Green, mathematician and physicist, was unveiled in the nave in July 1993, adjoining the graves of Isaac Newton and Lord Kelvin.

• George Wade

  Soldier

  Field Marshal George Wade, famous for roads he built in Scotland, was buried in the centre aisle of the nave. His monument is by Roubiliac.