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  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Friday, 1st April 2005

    Flowers were laid outside the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey today (1st April) as part of a service to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the death of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

    Wreathlaying Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  • 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.

    Chernobyl Children's Project Innocent Victims Memorial

  • Lady Margaret Beaufort Wreath Laying

    Tuesday, 31st May 2005

    In 1505, the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII, and founder of the Tudor dynasty, re-founded the college of God's House (first established in 1437 for the training of grammar school masters) naming it Christ's College.

    Lady Margaret Beaufort

  • 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

  • Laurence Olivier Centenary Birthday

    Tuesday, 29th May 2007

    The family of Lord Olivier, one of Britain's greatest actors, was joined by a star-studded cast for a wreathlaying to mark the centenary of his birth.

    Laurence Olivier

  • Sailors pay tribute to great admiral

    Tuesday, 16th October 2007

    Sailors marked the 300th anniversary of the death of the Royal Navy hero Sir Cloudesley Shovell with a wreathlaying ceremony conducted by Canon Nicholas Sagovsky at Admiral Shovell’s grave in the Abbey’s south choir aisle this week.

    Sir Cloudesley Shovell

  • Wreath laying marks Lord Kelvin centenary

    Monday, 17th December 2007

    Representatives from the University of Glasgow today laid a wreath at the grave of Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, in the nave of the Abbey to mark the centenary of his death.

    William Thomson Lord Kelvin

  • Evensong & Wreathlaying at the grave of Charles Darwin

    Thursday, 12th February 2009

    Westminster Abbey honoured the memory of Charles Darwin, the naturalist and father of the theory of evolution, with a short service and a floral tribute on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

    Charles Darwin

  • Chilean Navy lay wreath for Cochrane

    Wednesday, 19th May 2010

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Wednesday 19th May 2010.

    Chilean Navy Day Thomas Cochrane

  • Westminster Abbey celebrates Dickens’ Bicentenary

    Tuesday, 7th February 2012

    Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 7th February 2012 at 11.15 am to celebrate the life and work of Charles Dickens on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

    Royal Visit HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall Charles Dickens

  • Service of Remembrance to Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of El Alamein

    Friday, 26th October 2012

    An Evensong to commemorate the 70th anniversary of El Alamein was held at Westminster Abbey today at 3.00pm.

    Special Service Battle of El Alamein

  • President of Malawi honours Dr David Livingstone

    Wednesday, 20th March 2013

    Her Excellency Joyce Banda, President of Malawi, attended a Wreathlaying Ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 19th March 2013 on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Dr David Livingstone.

    Dr David Livingstone

  • Abbey marks Wyatt bicentenary

    Thursday, 5th September 2013

    A wreathlaying marking the bicentenary of the death of the architect James Wyatt PRA (1746-1813) was held at his grave in Westminster Abbey on Thursday 5th September 2013.

    James Wyatt

  • Sir Winston Churchill Remembered

    Friday, 30th January 2015

    Members of the Churchill family and representatives of Churchill-related organisations joined the congregation at a wreath laying to commemorate the Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD at Westminster Abbey on Friday 30th January.

    Sir Winston Churchill

  • Wreath Laid for Oscar Romero

    Wednesday, 8th July 2015

    A wreathlaying in memory of Saint Oscar Romero took place at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th July.

    Oscar Romero

  • Wreath laid for Anthony Trollope

    Monday, 7th December 2015

    A Wreath laying to Commemorate the Bicentenary of the Birth of Anthony Trollope was held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 4th December 2015. His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent laid the wreath.

    HRH The Duke of Kent Anthony Trollope

  • Abbey Marks Shakespeare Anniversary

    Monday, 8th August 2016

    Westminster Abbey marked the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a wreath laying during Matins on Sunday 7th August 2016.

    William Shakespeare

  • Abbey honours 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens

    Tuesday, 9th June 2020

    Charles Dickens is celebrated with a wreath laying and the release of a film of a sound and light installation which was projected onto the Abbey.

  • Swiss President pays respects to innocent victims

    Thursday, 28th April 2022

    Swiss President pays respect to innocent victims: The President of the Swiss Confederation, His Excellency Ignazio Cassis, laid a wreath at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial during a visit to Westminster Abbey on.

    Innocent Victims' Memorial

  • Duke of Kent honours ‘Father of the Royal Air Force’

    Thursday, 9th February 2023

    HRH The Duke of Kent visited Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th February 2023 and laid a wreath in memory of Viscount Trenchard.

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