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• William Forbes

  In the north transept is the grave of William Forbes. The arms carved on the stone are quarterly Forbes with Preston of Formantine.

• Members of the Royal Family honour war dead

  TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex opened the 91st Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th November.

• HRH The Duchess of Cornwall opens 92nd Field of Remembrance

  Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall opened the 92nd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 4th November 2020.

• Westminster Abbey Marks ANZAC Day 2024

  Thursday, 25th April 2024

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 25th April 2024.

  ANZAC Day Special Service

• Abbey plans Memorial Evensong for Archbishop Tutu

  Friday, 31st December 2021

  Westminster Abbey is to hold a Memorial Evensong for Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died on 26th December.

  Evensong

• Archbishop Desmond Tutu remembered at Choral Evensong

  Friday, 10th June 2022

  A Choral Evensong with Thanksgiving for the life and work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was held in Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th June 2022.

• Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington

  Politician and Sailor

  Arthur Herbert, Baron Torbay and Earl of Torrington, was buried on 22nd April 1716 in the "south aisle within the tombs" ie. the south ambulatory.

• Philip de Sausmarez

  Sailor

  In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a marble monument to Captain Philip de Sausmarez. The monument shows an oval medallion portrait.

• Sir John Lindsay

  Sailor

  Rear Admiral Sir John Lindsay was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 16th June 1788.

• John Harvey

  Sailor

  In the nave is a joint memorial to Captain John Harvey and Captain John Hutt who were both mortally wounded in 1794.

• Four Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath chapel

  Tuesday, 20th July 2021

  Four Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel on Monday 19th July..

• Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa)

  Writer and Abolitionist

  In St Margaret's is a memorial tablet to author and slave abolitionist Olaudah Equiano who was baptised Gustavus Vassa in that church when a slave.

• William Blair

  Sailor

  In the north transept is a monument known as The Three Captains memorial. It commemorates Navy captains William Bayne, William Blair and Lord Robert Manners.

• George & Ferdinando Hastings

  In the north transept, in front of Admiral Warren's monument, is the grave of two children George and Fernando Hastings. Both died of smallpox.

• John Blair

  Priest/Minister

  Reverend John Blair, author of the well known book The Chronology and History of the World, was buried near the door of the north transept.

• Alexander Baker

  Physician

  Alexander Baker, Master of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, was buried in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey on 2nd October 1635. But he has no monument.

• James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough

  Sailor

  James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough is buried in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey but he has no monument or marker.

• Robert Clive

  Soldier

  Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, has a memorial tablet in the south choir aisle. It was erected in 1919 by public subscription.

• Charles Whitworth, Baron of Galway

  Charles Whitworth, Baron of Galway, diplomat, died on 23rd October and was buried on 6th November 1725 in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

• Sir Andrew Dudley

  Politician, Sailor and Soldier

  Sir Andrew Dudley, politician and brother of John, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was buried in St Margaret's Westminster but he has no marker.