to the glory of your name. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. O Lord, the ...

A new building – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – will be constructed to house state-of-the-art welcome, security and ticketing facilities, allowing the Abbey ...

On 15th February 2024 a memorial for Sir Ernest Shackleton CVO, sailor and polar explorer, was unveiled by The Princess Royal in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey. Around the rim are the names ...

Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, his first wife, two daughters and his son are buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey. In the centre of the chapel is a large altar tomb ...

Edward, called the Confessor, was born at Islip in Oxfordshire between 1002 and 1005, the son of King Ethelred 'the Unready' and Emma. Driven from England by the Danes, and spending his exile in ...

Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, the famous soldier, is buried in the centre aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey. His gravestone is of red marble and the inscription reads: Beneath this stone rest the ...

The ashes of 'the father of the Royal Air Force' Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. are buried in the RAF chapel at the east end of the Lady Chapel in Westminster ...

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 of Westminster Abbey. He was a distinguished commander during ...

Sir John Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, has a memorial tablet on the wall of the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. It was unveiled by the Sub-Dean on 26th May 1925. Bridge's ...

George was the second son of Sir Thomas Monck (or Monk) and Elizabeth (Smith) and was born at Potheridge in Devon 6th December 1608. George was a distinguished naval captain and under Cromwell he was ...

Sir George Pollock, army officer, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, to the west of Lord Clyde. He was the fifth son of David Pollock, saddler to George III, and his wife Sarah and was born ...

In the nave of Westminster Abbey is a joint memorial to Captain John Harvey and Captain John Hutt who were both mortally wounded in the naval victory off the coast of France in 1794. The memorial here ...