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• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  Politician

  A stone tablet to United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was unveiled at Westminster Abbey on 12th November 1948, near the memorial to Winston Churchill.

• 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.

• Laurence Womack (Womock)

  Priest/Minister

  In St Margaret's church is a cartouche to Laurence Womack bishop of St David's, Wales who was buried in the church with his daughter Anne.

• Sir Francis Vere and Horace Vere

  Soldier

  Sir Francis Vere, Elizabethan soldier, and his brother Horace are buried in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey. Francis has an interesting monument.

• 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.

• William Anne Villettes

  Soldier

  A memorial to Lt. General William Anne Villettes was erected in St John the Evangelist's chapel. It was later moved to St Andrew's chapel.

• 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.

• Hugh Arnold-Forster

  Writer, Politician, Statesman and Lawyer

  On the south wall of St Margaret's is a tablet, with a head in relief, to the memory of Hugh Arnold-Forster, politician, lawyer and author.

• John Woodward

  Scientist and Physician

  John Woodward, physician, was buried in the nave on 1st May 1728. His family origins are not known. He was taught by Charles II's physician.

• George Wade

  Soldier

  Field Marshal George Wade, famous for roads he built in Scotland, was buried in the centre aisle of the nave. His monument is by Roubiliac.

• John Hay

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend John Hay is buried in the south cloister. On the wall is a mural monument by the sculptor Michael Rysbrack.

• Sir Clifton Wintringham

  Physician and Doctor

  In the west aisle of the north transept is a monument to physician Sir Clifton Wintringham. This shows a mourning woman leaning on a sarcophagus.

• Francis Egioke

  Soldier and Philanthropist

  In St Margaret's Church, on the north wall, is a monument to Francis Egioke, near his grave. It consists of a kneeling figure in armour.

• Sir James Young Simpson

  Physician

  A marble bust of physician Sir James Young Simpson is on the wall of St Andrew's chapel in Westminster Abbey (obscured by a large monument).

• Sir John Pringle

  Physician and Doctor

  On the wall of the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial of grey and white marble to Sir John Pringle, physician.

• George Tierney

  Statesman

  Statesman George Tierney has a white marble memorial in the north west tower chapel in the nave of Westminster Abbey. This was erected in 1832.

• Jane, Lady Clifford

  Jane, Lady Clifford's monument stands in the chapel of St Nicholas. The marble monument may be ascribed to sculptor John Bushnell, on stylistic grounds.

• Combined Services Memorial

  Soldier, Airman and Sailor

  A monument in the cloisters commemorates men of the Submarine Service, the Commandos, and Airborne Forces and Special Air Service who died in the war.

• George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

  Writer and Statesman

  A memorial to George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., GCSI, GCIE, statesman and writer, was unveiled in Henry VII's chapel in 1930.

• Thomas Trigge

  Soldier

  In the south choir aisle is a grey and white marble monument to General Sir Thomas Trigge. Above the tablet is a partially draped urn.