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• Herbert, Viscount Plumer

  Soldier

  Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer G.C.B. is buried in the chapel of St George at the west end of the nave.

  He died on 16th July 1932 and his funeral took place at the Abbey after a procession from the Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks.

• John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

  Sailor

  John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) has a stall plate as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the Lady Chapel.

  coffin was brought to lie in front of the altar in the Lady chapel at the Abbey to rest privately overnight before his funeral at St Paul's on 25th November.

• Sir George Williams & YMCA

  A memorial window for the Young Men's Christian Association (founded by Sir George Williams) was unveiled in the nave of Westminster Abbey in 1921.

  His funeral was at St Paul's Cathedral and he is buried in the crypt there with a monument with a bust nearby.

• Stephen Marshall

  Priest/Minister

  Stephen Marshall, clergyman, was buried in the south transept in November 1655 but his body was exhumed, together with other followers of Cromwell, in 1661.

  He died on 19th November 1655 in Ipswich and was given a fine funeral in the Abbey.

• Sir William Siemens

  Engineer

  The memorial window to Sir William Siemens was taken down in 1926 so that a series of windows depicting kings and abbots could be erected.

  His funeral service was held at the Abbey but he is buried at Kensal Green cemetery in London.

• 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.

  His funeral was held at the Abbey and he was buried with his wife at Kedleston.

• Hugh Trenchard

  Airman

  The ashes of 'the father of the Royal Air Force' Hugh Trenchard are buried in the RAF chapel at the end of the Lady Chapel.

  the pallbearers at his funeral were RAF wartime leaders Charles Portal, Arthur Tedder, Arthur Harris and William Sholto Douglas A wreath is laid on the grave...

• William Twisse

  Priest/Minister

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a grey fossil marble tablet to William Twisse, preacher in the Cromwellian period, and three others.

  In 1643 he was elected to the Westminster Assembly of Divines and he died on 20th July 1646, being given a state funeral at the Abbey.

• Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston

  Statesman

  Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister, is buried with his wife in the north transept. There is an over life-size statue of him nearby.

  He died at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire on 18th October 1865 and had a state funeral.

• Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona

  Philanthropist

  In the nave is a stained glass window to the memory of Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona, philanthropist. The window was designed by Sir Ninian Comper.

  His funeral was held at the Abbey and he is buried in Highgate cemetery.

• William Thomson, Lord Kelvin

  Scientist, Mathematician, Physicist and Engineer

  William (Thomson), 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, physicist, mathematician, engineer and inventor, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born in Belfast.

  The funeral was on 23rd December and he lies to the south of Sir Isaac Newton's grave in the nave.

• George Peabody

  Philanthropist

  In the centre aisle of the nave, near the west door, is a stone commemorating the temporary burial of George Peabody, American merchant and philanthropist.

  ...Parker, 1971 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Illustrations of the funeral are in the "Illustrated London News" See Also Peabody housing...

• John Stewart

  Sailor

  In the window splay of the north nave aisle in Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Captain John Stewart.

  Further reading The Naval Chronicle vol.26 prints the undertaker's expenses for his funeral

• The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

  High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history.

• Poet Laureates

  Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner.