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• Remembering Chernobyl

  Tuesday, 26th April 2005

  The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, led the Chernobyl Children's Project and others in a brief wreath laying service at 12 noon on Tuesday 26th April, at the Innocent Victim's Memorial.

  Wreathlaying Chernobyl Children's Project Innocent Victims Memorial

• Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 23rd February 2005

  Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.

  Robert Hooke Memorial dedication

• Westminster Abbey staff war memorial

  Soldier

  On the wooden panelling in St George's chapel are painted the names of Westminster Abbey staff, or former choristers, who died for their country.

• Memorial Service held for Lord Bingham

  Thursday, 26th May 2011

  A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG was held at the Abbey on Wednesday 25th May 2011.

  Special Service Lord Bingham

• 'With courage to endure'

  The updated memorial in Poets' Corner, now with the correct spelling of the Brontë sisters' surname

• Ticket ballot opens for Stephen Hawking Memorial Service

  Wednesday, 9th May 2018

  A ballot opens 9th May for tickets for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Professor Stephen Hawking and the burial of his ashes.

  Stephen Hawking

• Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey

  Wednesday, 25th April 2018

  Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.

  The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr

• Betjeman Centenary

  Monday, 28th August 2006

  Sir John Betjeman's centenary will be marked with a wreathlaying ceremony at his memorial in Poets' Corner on Monday.

  John Betjeman

• The Dedication of the Intelligence Services' Centenary Plaque

  Wednesday, 14th October 2009

  Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended the Dedication on Wednesday 14th October 2009 in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey of a Plaque marking the Centenary of the Intelligence Services.

  Intelligence Services

• Charles Gore Seminar: Memory, identity and hope

  Thursday, 20th March 2025

  Join us for a seminar evening considering theological and cultural reflections on the Commonwealth today.

  Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

• Abbey honour for Sir Donald Gosling

  Wednesday, 11th December 2019

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of British Vice Admiral, businessman and benefactor Sir Donald Gosling KCVO was held at Westminster Abbey.

  Sir Donald Gosling HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex HRH Prince Michael of Kent memorial service

• Abbey to Honour Ted Hughes

  Friday, 19th March 2010

  Westminster Abbey will honour Ted Hughes, one of the most significant poets of the 20th century, with a memorial in Poets’ Corner.

  Ted Hughes

• Trees of life service takes place at the Abbey

  Tuesday, 11th October 2022

  A Service of Remembrance with the blessing of saplings for a living memorial to honour those who served and died in the COVID-19 pandemic was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 11th October 2022.

• Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow remembered at Abbey

  Monday, 19th March 2012

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Rear-Admiral Kenneth Snow CB, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey between 1987 and 1998, and the Interment of Ashes in the Cloisters, was held at the Abbey on Saturday 17th March 2012.

  Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow

• Westminster Abbey celebrates the life of Sir Peter Hall

  Tuesday, 11th September 2018

  A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the life and work of Sir Peter Hall CBE was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 11th September 2018.

  Sir Peter Hall

• James Bringfield

  Soldier

  In the north aisle of the nave is a memorial tablet to Colonel James Bringfield. This shows trophies, cherub heads and his coat of arms.

• Westminster Abbey marks Kristallnacht anniversary

  A Service of Solemn Remembrance and Hope on the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th November 2018.

• HRH The Duchess of Cornwall honours war dead

  HRH The Duchess of Cornwall opened the 93rd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th November 2021.

• St Margaret’s holds a Service for the New Parliament

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, gave the Address at Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church.

• Evensong marks Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

  Evensong marking the 25th Meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 15th April.