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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.

    Wreathlaying Chernobyl Children's Project Innocent Victims Memorial

  • Princess Royal and Chilean Navy honour Lord Cochrane

    Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

    Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined representatives of the Chilean Navy at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 22nd May 2012 for the annual wreath laying ceremony to honour Admiral Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Chilean Naval Day.

    HRH The Princess Royal Chilean Navy Day Royal visit Special Service

  • President of Mexico visits Abbey

    Tuesday, 3rd March 2015

    His Excellency Señor Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United Mexican States, accompanied by Señora Angélica Rivera de Peña, visited Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 3rd March 2015 during a State Visit to the United Kingdom as the guests of Her Majesty The Queen.

    State Visit President of Mexico

  • Duke of Kent honours ‘Father of the Royal Air Force’

    Thursday, 9th February 2023

    HRH The Duke of Kent visited Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th February 2023 and laid a wreath in memory of Viscount Trenchard.

  • 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.

  • President of the United Arab Emirates visits Abbey

    Wednesday, 1st May 2013

    His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 1st May during a State Visit and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

    HRH The Duke of York

  • Chilean Navy honours Admiral Cochrane

    Tuesday, 21st May 2019

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Tuesday 21st May 2019.

  • 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.

    President of the United States George W. Bush Laura Bush

  • Royal Family marks Unknown Warrior centenary

    Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 2020.

  • 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.

  • Special evening marks 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln

    Wednesday, 8th July 2009

    Abraham Lincoln’s moral purpose and his historical significance were examined in a lecture in St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 7th July given by Professor Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History at St. Catherine's College, Oxford as part of an evening of special events to mark the bicentenary of Lincoln’s birth.

    Abraham Lincoln

  • Chilean Navy honours Lord Cochrane

    Tuesday, 20th May 2014

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Tuesday 20th May 2014.

    Thomas Cochrane

  • Chilean Navy pays tribute to Cochrane

    Thursday, 18th May 2017

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Thursday 18th May 2017.

  • Chilean Navy honours Admiral Lord Cochrane

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Wednesday 24th May 2023.

  • The King and Queen to attend VE Day 80 service

    Friday, 25th April 2025

    Their Majesties The King and Queen will attend a Service of Thanksgiving for the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) at the Abbey on Thursday 8th May at noon.

    VE Day Second World War

  • Metropolitan Police Roll of Honour

    In the nave Abbey is a Roll of Honour book for members of the Metropolitan Police who died in the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 wars.

  • Edward Lear

    Artist and Writer

    A memorial stone to Edward Lear, writer, artist and ornithologist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 6th June 1988 by Sir Hugh Casson.

  • Aphra Behn

    Writer and Poet

    The poet, writer and dramatist Aphra (Astrea or Aphara) Behn (1640?-1689) was buried in the east cloister, near the steps up into the church.

  • Tribute

    The Battle of Britain – a 112-day fight for control of Britain’s skies – was the first decisive battle in history fought entirely in the air.

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