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  • Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey

    Friday, 15th June 2018

    A Service of Thanksgiving for Stephen Hawking was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018, during which his ashes were interred in the Nave.

    Stephen Hawking Memorial dedication

  • Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse

    HRH The Duke of Kent attended the dedication of a memorial stone to PG Wodehouse at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th September 2019.

  • HRH The Duchess of Cornwall honours war dead

    Thursday, 11th November 2021

    HRH The Duchess of Cornwall opened the 93rd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th November 2021.

    Special Service Field of Remembrance Remembrance

  • The Queen Consort opens the Field of Remembrance 2022

    Her Majesty The Queen Consort opened the 94th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2022. The annual event, which.

  • Her Majesty The Queen opens the 2023 Field of Remembrance

    Her Majesty The Queen opened the 95th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th November 2023.

  • Sir Edmund Prideaux

    In the north choir aisle is a monument to Sir Edmund Prideaux. He and his second wife Anne are buried nearby in the nave.

  • 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.

  • John Masefield

    Poet

    The ashes of poet and novelist John Masefield were buried in Poets’ Corner on 20th June 1967. The grave adjoins that of Robert Browning.

  • James and Richard Hart

    Musician and Composer

    James Hart, born 1647, composer and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 15th May 1718.

  • 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.

  • Duke of Edinburgh joins Abbey in Remembrance

    Thursday, 11th November 2010

    The Duke of Edinburgh opened the 82nd Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, Thursday 11th November 2010.

    WW1

  • James Oswald

    Politician

    James Oswald was buried in the north aisle of the nave in 1769. A small rectangular brass with a decorated border now covers his grave.

  • Poets of the First World War

    Poet and Soldier

    Sixteen poets of the Great War (World War I) are remembered on this memorial. None of the poets are actually buried in the Abbey.

  • Thomas Wright

    Thomas Wright and his son Thomas James Wright both held the post of Clerk of the Works at Westminster Abbey.

  • Manche Masemola

    The statue to Manche Masemola, a modern martyr, was unveiled in 1998 and stands over the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. Sculptor John Roberts.

  • Stephen Hawking

    Physicist, Scientist and Writer

    The ashes of eminent physicist Professor Stephen Hawking were interred in the nave of Westminster Abbey near Newton.

  • An Observance for Commonwealth Day 2010

    Monday, 8th March 2010

    An Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on 8th March 2010 was attended by HM The Queen with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH The Prince of Wales with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

    Commonwealth Service

  • Candlelit Vigil marks Great War Centenary

    Monday, 4th August 2014

    Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall GCVO, representing Her Majesty The Queen, attended a Solemn Commemoration on the Centenary of the Outbreak of the First World War at Westminster Abbey on Monday 4th August at 10pm.

    Royal Visit HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Musician and Composer

    The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams, eminent British composer, and his second wife Ursula are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

  • William and Mary Bulmer

    William and Mary Bulmer and their son William are buried in the west cloister but their memorials perished long ago and the graves are unmarked.

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