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• Abbey Welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to Bath Service

  Friday, 9th May 2014

  Her Majesty The Queen, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Order, attended the Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Chapel of the Order, at Westminster Abbey on Friday 9th May 2014.

  Special Service Royal Visit HM The Queen HRH The Prince of Wales Order of the Bath

• Prince of Wales attends Order of the Bath installation

  Thursday, 24th May 2018

  His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, attended a Service for the Order at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 24th May 2018 in the Order’s 293rd year including the Ceremony for the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in the Lady Chapel, the Chapel of the Order.

• Charles Holmes

  Sailor

  In the north ambulatory is a large monument of grey and white marble to Rear Admiral Charles Holmes. This shows the admiral in Roman armour.

• Arthur Phillip

  Sailor and Spymaster

  A memorial stone to Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of New South Wales in Australia, can be seen in the centre part of the nave.

• Sir Peter Parker

  Sailor

  In St Margaret's Church Westminster is a large monument to Sir Peter Parker who died fighting in America on 30th August 1814.

• Kenneth Snow

  Sailor

  Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow was the Abbey’s Receiver General and Chapter Clerk and his ashes are buried in the north cloister with a small gravestone.

• Sir Charles Saunders

  Soldier

  Admiral Sir Charles Saunders was buried in the lower Islip chapel, Westminster Abbey. He served with General Wolfe in Canada.

• Sir John Jennings

  Sailor

  Rear Admiral Sir John Jennings was buried in the centre part of the north transept, but his gravestone inscription has now worn away.

• Sir Leopold McClintock

  Explorer

  A memorial to Arctic explorer Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock was unveiled in 1908 in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey.

• Sir George Ayscue (Askew)

  Sailor

  Admiral Sir George Ayscue (or Askew) was buried in the chancel of St Margaret's church Westminster, but he has no memorial or marker.

• Duke of Cambridge marks Royal Navy anniversary

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, Commodore-in-Chief, the Royal Navy Submarine Service, attended a service to recognise fifty years of Continuous At Sea Deterrent.

• Sir William Berkeley

  Sailor

  Vice Admiral Sir William Berkeley was buried in the north ambulatory but has no marker or monument. He was a son of Sir Charles Berkeley.

• Sir George Pocock

  Sailor

  Admiral Sir George Pocock has a white marble memorial in St John the Evangelist's chapel in Westminster Abbey. It shows a seated figure of Britannia.

• Princess Patricia of Connaught

  Princess Patricia of Connaught married in Westminster Abbey in 1919. Hers was the first royal wedding to be held at the Abbey since Richard II’s.

• Philippe d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon

  Spymaster, Scientist, Writer and Sailor

  Vice Admiral Philippe d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, a native of Jersey, was buried in the churchyard of St Margaret's Westminster but nothing marks his grave.

• Richard Tyrrell

  Sailor

  In a window recess of the south aisle of the nave is a large monument of marble to the memory of Rear Admiral Richard Tyrrell.

• Sir Peter Warren

  Politician and Sailor

  Sir Peter Warren, naval officer and politician, has a monument in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.

• Edward Cooke

  Sailor

  A memorial to Captain Edward Cooke, Royal Navy, is in St John the Evangelist's chapel, on the back of the wall which forms Wolfe's monument.

• Robert Southey

  Poet

  On the wall of Poets' Corner, near Shakespeare's memorial, is a mural monument with bust to poet Robert Southey. The sculptor was Henry Weekes.

• A miraculous escape

  The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie explores the crucial role the church played in supporting a nation in conflict.