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• Westminster Abbey Honours Father of Modern Australia

  Wednesday, 9th July 2014

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service to Dedicate a Memorial to Admiral Arthur Phillip RN at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 9th July.

  Special Service HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Arthur Phillip Memorial dedication

• Westminster Abbey honour for Lord Callaghan

  Wednesday, 8th July 2015

  A memorial ledger stone to the Right Honourable The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff KG was dedicated in the north-west corner of the nave of Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th July 2015.

  James Callaghan

• New Lord Mayor welcomed by Abbey

  Monday, 3rd July 2017

  Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor: Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ian Adams, and Councillors of the City of Westminster, was held at Westminster Abbey.

  Civic Service

• Abbey Celebrates Dean’s Ordination Anniversary

  Tuesday, 5th July 2016

  A Sung Eucharist to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Ordination to the Priesthood of the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday 4th July.

  Dean of Westminster

• Abbey welcomes President of Latvia

  Tuesday, 19th July 2016

  The President of the Republic of Latvia, His Excellency Raimonds Vējonis, visited Westminster Abbey today, Tuesday 19th July 2016, and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  President of Latvia State Visit

• 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.

• Westminster Abbey celebrates 70th anniversary of the NHS

  Thursday, 5th July 2018

  Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex attended a Service to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the NHS at Westminster Abbey on 5th July 2018.

  NHS 70th anniversary HRH The Countess of Wessex

• 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.

  Nelson Mandela

• 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 re-opens for services

  Friday, 3rd July 2020

  The Abbey welcomes worshippers back for public services on Sunday 5th July with 22 services weekly - three services daily and four services on Sundays.

  Worship COVID-19

• Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Tuesday, 5th July 2022

  Abbey welcomes the new Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Hamza Taouzzale, at Matins on Sunday 3rd July 2022.

  Lord Mayor of Westminster

• Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Monday, 3rd July 2023

  Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Patricia McAllister, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 2nd July 2023.

• NHS celebrates 75th anniversary

  Wednesday, 5th July 2023

  Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended a service celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 5th July 2023.

• Two Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath Chapel 

  Tuesday, 11th July 2023

  Two Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey's Lady Chapel on 10 July 2023.

• Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich

  Soldier

  Edward Montagu (Mountagu), 1st Earl of Sandwich is buried in General Monk's vault in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey.

• Atwood family

  Scientist, Mathematician and Priest/Minister

  In St Margaret's church are two memorials to the Atwood family. The Reverend Thomas Atwood and his wife have a tablet on the south wall.

• Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

  Politician

  Politician Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke) has a bust in the eastern porch of St Margaret's Church Westminster. He was born at Bingham, Nottinghamshire in 1811.

• Thomas Jennings & Helen Shrider

  Musician

  On the wall of the south cloister of Westminster Abbey is a tablet to Thomas Jennings or Jenings and his wife Elizabeth. Their daughter Helen (Shrider) is also buried with them.

• 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.

• Henry and Aubrey de Vere, Earls of Oxford

  Soldier

  Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, was Lord High Chamberlain of England and was buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel.