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• War dead honoured at the Field of Remembrance

  HRH The Duchess of Gloucester opened the 96th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th November 2024.

• Lord Ashdown remembered

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon The Lord (Paddy) Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon was held at Westminster Abbey.

• 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.

• James Montagu

  Sailor

  In the north-west tower chapel is a statue to Captain James Montagu. A life size figure of James in uniform stands on a pedestal flanked by two lions.

• Earl Mountbatten of Burma

  Sailor and Diplomat

  Just inside the west door of Westminster Abbey, at the base of a pillar is a memorial to the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

• Delaval family

  Politician, Sailor and Scientist

  John Hussey, Lord Delaval, his wife Susanna and daughter Sarah are buried in St Paul's chapel. Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval is buried in the nave.

• Prince Rupert of the Rhine

  Soldier

  Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland and Bavaria, was buried on 6th December 1682 in a vault with his mother.

• Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales & family

  Frederick Louis (or Lewis), Prince of Wales,son of George II, is buried in the royal vault in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey with his wife Augusta and several children

• Thomas Blagge

  Soldier

  Colonel Thomas Blagge was buried in the north transept in November 1660. He was a groom of the bedchamber to Charles I and Charles II.

• James Rennell

  Engineer

  James Rennell, cartographer, is buried in the centre of the nave. His grave is now unmarked but just had his name, death date and age.

• Charles Abbot, Baron Colchester

  Politician and Statesman

  Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey in an unmarked grave with his mother Sarah.

• William Bayne

  Sailor

  In the north transept is a tall monument of white and coloured marbles, known as The Three Captains memorial, by the sculptor Joseph Nollekens.

• HMS Barham

  Sailor

  At the nave altar are two standard and two altar candlesticks given in memory of those lost when the battleship HMS Barham was torpedoed during World War 2.

• John Bligh

  Lawyer

  John Bligh of Abingdon Street Westminster was buried in the north cloister on 6th February 1815. The inscription on his gravestone has now worn away.

• James Rumsey

  Scientist and Engineer

  In St Margaret's Church is a tablet in memory of James Rumsey, West Virginia, inventor, who was buried in the churchyard on 24th December 1792.

• William of Colchester

  Abbot

  William of Colchester, Abbot of Westminster from 1386 is buried in the chapel of St John the Baptist. His stone altar tomb shows his effigy.

• John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding

  In the north ambulatory are the graves of John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding and his wife Barbara. He was the younger son of Sir Charles Berkeley.

• George Lindsay Johnstone

  Politician

  Politician George Lindsay Johnstone was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey. His monument can now be seen in the triforium galleries.