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Sir Arthur Harris
Airman
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris is remembered in the RAF chapel. His name is painted below the Battle of Britain memorial window.
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Sir Godfrey Kneller
Artist
Sir Godfrey Kneller is the only portrait painter to be commemorated here. His monument is by sculptor J.M. Rysbrack after a design by Kneller.
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Sir Henry Barnard
Soldier
In the north transept is a memorial stone to six soldiers, including General Sir Henry Barnard, who served and died in the Indian Mutiny.
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Sir John Balchen
Sailor
In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Admiral Sir John Balchen (or Balchin).
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Sir Winston Churchill
Artist, Writer, Soldier, Statesman and Historian
Sir Winston Churchill is not buried in Westminster Abbey but just inside, near the grave of the Unknown Warrior, is a green marble memorial stone.
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Sir Isaac Newton
Scientist, Mathematician and Astronomer
Scientist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey on 28th March 1727. His monument, by J.M. Rysbrack and W. Kent, is in the nave.
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St Thomas the Apostle
At various times of the year, we fly the flags of Commonwealth nations, St Peter, the National Saints, the RAF, and the Royal Standard.
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Celebrating sculptor Thomas Brock
Westminster Abbey is a treasure house of paintings, stained glass, textiles and artefacts – and is also where some significant people are buried or remembered.
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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.
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Sir Lewis Robessart, Lord Bourgchier
Soldier
In the chapel of St Paul is a lavishly decorated tomb to Sir Lewis (de) Robessart, Lord Bourgchier (or Bourchier), Knight of the Garter.
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Scientists' Corner
When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.
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St Margaret's organist wins Queen's Award
Monday, 23rd November 2020
Thomas Trotter, the organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, has been awarded this year’s Queen’s Medal for Music.
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Smalbroke Family
In the south cloister of Westminster Abbey is the grave of three members of the Smalbroke family: Catherine Smalbroke, William Smalbroke and Richard Smalbroke.
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Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist in the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor
Saturday, 16th October 2021
Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist in the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: When in 2007 we came to refurbish the shrine of Hereford’s own saint, Thomas.
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Wing Commander Nikki Thomas reads High Flight
Her Majesty The Queen attended A Service to mark the Centenary of the Royal Air Force at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 10th July 2018.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022
Sunday, 24th April 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022: Every eye will see him. No one, not a single Thomas, will be left in any doubt. How do.
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Installation service
Four Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel on Monday 19th July..
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Two Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath Chapel
Two Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey's Lady Chapel on 10 July 2023.
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The Reverend Peter Thomas reads Isaiah 52: 7–12
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.
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Sir Simon Keenlyside sings The Anthem
A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Jeremy, Lord Heywood of Whitehall GCB CVO, at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 20th June 2019.