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• Westminster Abbey holds annual Civic Service

  Monday, 2nd July 2018

  Matins, attended by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Lindsey Hall, and Councillors of Westminster, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1st July.

  Civic Service Special Service

• Abbey marks the Centenary of the Armistice

  Sunday, 11th November 2018

  The Queen and Frank-Walter Steinmeier The President of Germany attended A Service to mark the Centenary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey.

  Armistice HM The Queen President of Germany Remembrance Royal Visit Prince Charles HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Sussex HRH The Duchess of Sussex

• Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor

  Monday, 8th July 2019

  Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ruth Bush, and Councillors of the City of Westminster, was held yesterday.

• Abbey marks 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

  Westminster Abbey marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with a Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Sunday 20th September 2020.

• Sir Roger Bannister honoured with new memorial stone

  A memorial stone to Sir Roger Bannister CH CBE was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 28th September 2021.

• Thomas Whitney and family

  Thomas Whitney was buried at St Margaret's Westminster in 1637 but has no marker. Many of his children were baptised at the church.

• Elizabeth Hollingworth

  In the area called the Dark Cloister, leading to the Little Cloister, is a wall tablet to Elizabeth Hollingworth, widow of William.

• William de Curtlyngton

  Abbot

  William de Curtlyngton was Abbot of Westminster from 1315-1333. He was buried in front of the altar in the chapel of St Benedict, Westminster Abbey.

• Oliver FitzRegis

  Soldier

  Oliver Fitz Regis, who died in 1218 or 1219, was an illegitimate son of King John by Hawise. He was born before John succeeded.

• Sir William Stonor

  Soldier

  Sir William Stonor, soldier, died in 1494 and was buried in the old Lady Chapel (this chapel was taken down after his burial).

• Frances Gower

  Frances Gower, only daughter of Sir Thomas Gower (died 1672), 2nd Baronet of Stittenham in Yorkshire, was buried in the north quire aisle in 1698.

• Richard Guise

  Musician and Composer

  Richard Guise, singer and composer, was buried in the north cloister on 17th March 1806. He never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• Modern Martyrs

  Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs.

• Abbey focuses on the future for women bishops

  At the start of Christian Unity Week on Monday 18th January, Westminster Abbey hosted an evening to discuss one of the most hotly-debated topics in the Church of England - the ordination of women as bishops.

• Prince of Wales attends Service of Thanksgiving for the late Dame Joan Sutherland

  His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the late Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926 - 2010) in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 15th February at 12 noon.

• Lord Ashdown remembered

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon The Lord (Paddy) Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon was held at Westminster Abbey.

• Trees of life service takes place at the Abbey

  A Service of Remembrance with the blessing of saplings for a living memorial to honour those who served and died in the COVID-19 pandemic was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 11th October 2022.

• A Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation

  HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 11th November 2009.

• A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford

  A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.

• HM The Queen attends King James Bible Service

  Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a service of celebration, in association with the King James Bible Trust, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th November at 12 noon.