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• Abbey pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

  Thursday, 5th December 2013

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster has sent a message of condolence to the High Commissioner for South Africa on the death of the country’s former President Nelson Mandela.

  Nelson Mandela

• Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone

  Wednesday, 18th July 2018

  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.

  Memorial dedication

• Abbey prays for Nelson Mandela

  Wednesday, 26th June 2013

  Prayers for the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela are being included in daily Eucharists at Westminster Abbey.

• 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

• Abbey Honours the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela

  Monday, 3rd March 2014

  His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales represented Her Majesty The Queen at a Service to Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd March 2014.

  Special Service Royal Visit HRH Prince Henry of Wales

• Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow remembered at Abbey

  Monday, 19th March 2012

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Rear-Admiral Kenneth Snow CB, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey between 1987 and 1998, and the Interment of Ashes in the Cloisters, was held at the Abbey on Saturday 17th March 2012.

  Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow

• 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.

• Nelson - 200th Anniversary Celebrations

  Friday, 21st October 2005

  The Choir of St Margaret's Church made their own contribution to the Trafalgar anniversary celebrations on 23rd October by singing music from Haydn's 'Nelson Mass' during the 11 o'clock Eucharist service.

  St Margaret's Church Trafalgar anniversary

• Horatio, Viscount Nelson

  Sailor

  One of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, is his wax effigy in the triforium galleries at Westminster Abbey.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2015

  Sunday, 23rd August 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• The Choir

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is renowned worldwide. Comprising thirty boys and twelve adult singers, its main focus is to sing the daily choral services.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022

  Sunday, 2nd January 2022

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022: God is love, and love is his first gift to us. As the procession of choir and clergy entered the Abbey.

• Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce remembered

  Thursday, 13th July 2023

  His Majesty The King was represented by Admiral Sir Anthony Radaki at a Service of Thanksgiving for former Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Boyce at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 13th July 2023.

• Funeral and wax effigies

  Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

  Royalty

• Nelson Mandela

  Statesman and Lawyer

  On 18th July 2018 a memorial to Nelson Mandela was unveiled in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

• Sailors pay tribute to great admiral

  Tuesday, 16th October 2007

  Sailors marked the 300th anniversary of the death of the Royal Navy hero Sir Cloudesley Shovell with a wreathlaying ceremony conducted by Canon Nicholas Sagovsky at Admiral Shovell’s grave in the Abbey’s south choir aisle this week.

  Sir Cloudesley Shovell Wreathlaying

• Chilean Navy honours Admiral Lord Cochrane

  Thursday, 23rd May 2024

  Wreaths were laid by HE The Ambassador of Chile, Mrs Ximena Fuentes Torrijo, and by Vice Admiral Andrew Burns, representing the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff.

• The Chilean Navy's Annual Tribute to Admiral Cochrane

  Friday, 20th May 2011

  The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Friday 20th May 2011.

  Chilean Navy Day

• Chilean Navy pays tribute to Admiral Cochrane

  Thursday, 21st May 2015

  The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Wednesday 20th May 2015.

• Chilean Navy pays tribute to Admiral Thomas Cochrane

  Monday, 21st May 2018

  The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Monday 21st May 2018.