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Sir Dingle Foot
Politician and Lawyer
On the south wall of St Margaret's church is a plaque to politician Sir Dingle Foot. His ashes were buried in the church in 1981.
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Coronation Theatre
Discover more about the space within Westminster Abbey where coronations have taken place for hundreds of years.
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Czechoslovak Forces
Soldier and Airman
In the west cloister is a memorial to the Czechoslovak forces who served in the Second World War. The plaque was designed by Franta Belsky.
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John Piper
Artist
A slate plaque in St Margaret's Church records the fact that John Piper designed the stained glass windows in eight bays of the south aisle.
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Vacher family
Philanthropist
The Vacher family of Westminster gave both the brass eagle lectern and the carved and painted pulpit in St Margaret's church Westminster.
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Intelligence Services MI5, GCHQ, SIS
Codebreaker
On the wall of the south cloister is a memorial honouring all members of the various branches of the United Kingdom’s Intelligence Services from 1909.
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John Seely, Lord Mottistone
Architect
Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Lord Mottistone, of the architect firm of Seely and Paget, re-built several of the houses in Little Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
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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.
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Charles McIlvaine
Priest/Minister
In St Faith's chapel is a brass wall plaque for Charles Pettit McIlvaine, bishop of Ohio. His body lay for four days in the chapel.
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Lancelot Capability Brown
Gardener and Architect
A memorial fountain to Lancelot Capability Brown was unveiled in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in 2018.
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P.G. Wodehouse
Writer, Playwright and Novelist
A memorial to Sir P.G. Wodehouse was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in September 2019. The stone is near the memorial to Noel Coward.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2016
Sunday, 27th November 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Sub-Dean, Canon Theologian, and Archdeacon of Westminster.
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John Bradshaw
Politician and Lawyer
John Bradshaw, lawyer, politician and regicide, was buried on 22nd November 1659 with his wife in Henry VII's chapel. His body was later dis-interred.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Poet
A memorial bust of the "poet of Australia", Adam Lindsay Gordon, was unveiled on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
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Anointing Screen on display at the Abbey
Sunday, 7th May 2023
The central anointing screen used at the most sacred moment of the Coronation, the anointing of His Majesty The King, will be on display in Westminster Abbey in St George’s Chapel from Monday 8th May – Saturday 13th May, when the Coronation Theatre will also be on view.
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Robert Blake
Soldier and Sailor
Robert Blake, Admiral and General at sea in the time of Oliver Cromwell, was buried in the Abbey in 1657 but disinterred in 1661.
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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.
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Grand Duchess Elizabeth
A statue to this modern martyr, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, was unveiled in July 1998 and stands above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey.
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Auction house steps in to help Abbey
Thursday, 18th March 2021
A major auction house is stepping in to help raise funds for the preservation of the Westminster Abbey, its collections, and its music foundation which are all at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Louis IX, King of France
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270).