Bishop Barron at the Grave of Winston Churchill
Friends, while in England for my talk on John Henry Newman at Oxford (which will be livestreamed at 12:10pm ET on Facebook), I stopped by the grave of Winston Churchill at St. Martin’s Church in Bladon. Here is a brief reflection on the spiritual significance of his life.
Sir Winston Churchill's grave
The final resting place of Sir Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill is buried, alongside other members of the Churchill family, at St Martin's, Bladon, just outside Blenheim Palace grounds.
The final resting place of Sir Winston Churchill, Bladon, Oxfordshire
A short clip showing the final resting place of the man voted the Greatest Britain, Sir Winston Churchill. The very unassuming grave of this great man is located in the parish Church of St Martin, Bladon, Oxfordshire. Bladon is about 5 miles north west of Oxford.
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Cotwolds, UK Weekend Tour
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The Cotswolds is a very large area that’s covers roughly 800 square miles. Join us, as we take a weekend tour through Five counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire).
Throughout this tour, we visit the following locations:
- St. Martins Church in Bladon
- Blenhemim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire
- St. Kenelm’s Church in Minster Lovell
- St. Mary’s Church in Swinbrook
- Birbury in Gloucestershire
- St. Mary’s the Virgin Church in Bibury
- Burford
- Burford Almshouses
- St. John the Baptist Church in Burford
- Bourton-on-the-water in Gloucestershire
- St. Lawrence Church in Bourton-on-the-Water
- The Slaughters in Gloucestershire
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- St. Edwards Church in Stow-on-the-Wold
- Market Cross in Stow-on-the-Wold
- Rollright Stones in the Cotswolds
- Great Tew in Oxfordshire
- Long Compton in Warwickshire
- St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Long Compton
- Broadway Tower in Worcestershire
- The Town of Broadway in Worcestershire
- Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire
Winston Churchill's funeral: how Britain honoured its wartime leader
Some 350 million around the globe tuned in to watch Winston Churchill’s funeral when it took place 50 years ago in 1965.
On January 15, 1965, Winston Churchill suffered a severe stroke. The long-retired former Prime Minister was now 90 years old. He died nine days later on the morning of Sunday January 24 at his home in London.
Following his death, by decree of the Queen, his body lay in state for three days at Westminster Hall. It was only the second time that the Monarch had bestowed a state funeral on a Prime Minister.
Some 300,000 people visited Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the man who led Britain’s defence against the Third Reich during the Second World War.
On January 30 1965, Churchill's funeral was held. The state funeral service was the largest in world history up to that point in time, with representatives from 112 nations.
Silent crowds lined the streets to watch the gun carriage bearing his coffin make its way from Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral accompanied by representatives from all the services.
In Europe 350 million people, including 25 million in Britain, watched the funeral on television.
As his coffin passed down the Thames from Town Pier to Festival Pier on the Havengore, dockers lowered their crane jibs in a salute.
The coffin was taken to Waterloo Station to be loaded onto a specially prepared and painted carriage - part of a funeral train - to take the body to Bladon, near Woodstock.
He was buried in the family plot at St Martin's Church, not far from his birthplace at Blenheim Palace.
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Winston Churchill , In Rememberance 50 Years On
A personal pilgrimage to St Martin's church Bladon ,Oxfordshire on the 24th January 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of a truly great man who will forever remain in our hearts and minds. Sir Winston Churchill , who's like of which we will never see again.
St Martin's Churchyard, Canterbury
Shot in St Martin's Churchyard, Canterbury; the oldest church still in use in England.
This film was shot by Mark Castro, produced by Paul Richards, and directed and edited by James Newton.
London (Winston Churchill funeral) 1965 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an English filmmaker on Saturday 30 January in London and, in the following weeks, in Bladon.
It contains stock footage of Winston Churchill funeral service, of the train carrying the coffin and of Churchill's grave in St. Martin's parish churchyard at Bladon, Oxfordshire: the street outside Westminster Abbey where the body laid in state, soldiers marching, the coffin placed on a gun carriage and draped with the Union Jack, the funeral train passing, Blandon Parish Church and Churchill's grave.
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The Duchess of Cornwall arrives in Bladon, Oxfordshire
The Duchess was greeted by excited school pupils before she unveiled a new stained glass window commemorating the life of Sir Winston Churchill in St Martin's Church.
Places to see in ( Oxford - UK )
Places to see in ( Oxford - UK )
Oxford, a city in central southern England, revolves around its prestigious university, established in the 12th century. The architecture of its 38 colleges in the city’s medieval center led poet Matthew Arnold to nickname it the 'City of Dreaming Spires'. University College and Magdalen College are off the High Street, which runs from Carfax Tower (with city views) to the Botanic Garden on the River Cherwell
Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire. Oxford is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom, and one of the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse. The city of Oxford is situated 57 miles (92 km) from London, 69 miles (111 km) from Bristol, 65 miles (105 km) from both Southampton and Birmingham and 25 miles (40 km) from Reading.
Oxford is known worldwide as the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Buildings in Oxford demonstrate notable examples of every English architectural period since the late Saxon period. Oxford is known as the city of dreaming spires, a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold. Oxford has a broad economic base. Oxford industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing and a large number of information technology and science-based businesses, some being academic offshoots.
Oxford is served by nearby London Oxford Airport, in Kidlington. The airport is also home to Oxford Aviation Academy, an airline pilot flight training centre, and several private jet companies. Bus services in Oxford and its suburbs are run by the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach Oxfordshire as well as other operators including Thames Travel, Arriva and several smaller operators. Oxford railway station is half a mile (about 1 km) west of the city centre.
Alot to see in ( Oxford - UK ) such as :
Bodleian Library
Pitt Rivers Museum
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Radcliffe Camera
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Oxford Castle
Sheldonian Theatre
University Parks
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Carfax, Oxford
Museum of Oxford
Modern Art Oxford
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Tom Tower
The Story Museum
Harcourt Arboretum
Christ Church Picture Gallery
The Headington Shark
Pendon Museum
Bernwood Forest
Blenheim Palace
Thames Path
Carfax Tower
Port Meadow, Oxford
Blenheim Palace
Covered Market, Oxford
Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford
Christ Church Meadow, Oxford
Bridge of Sighs
Folly Bridge
Cutteslowe Park, Oxford
Hinksey Park
Pitt Rivers Museum
Bury Knowle Park
Magdalen College School, Oxford
Abingdon County Hall Museum
The Oxfordshire Museum
Abbey Meadows
Shotover Country Park
Abbey Gardens
Bate Collection
St Martin's Church, Bladon
The Thames Path National Trail
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Farmoor Reservoir
Iffley Meadows
Albert Park, Abingdon
( Oxford - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Oxford . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Oxford - UK
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Mourners gather for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill - Daily Mail
The collection of photographs is owned by 91-year-old Frank Hall, who was a verger at St Martin's church in Bladon, where the great wartime Prime Minister was buried in a family plot, inset. They show preparations for the burial - including servicemen rehearsing the lowering of Churchill's coffin, left - and the casket being carried into the graveyard, top right. Other pictures reveal how crowds of people descended on the village for the service, whose 50th anniversary falls on Friday, and watched the hearse proceed on its way to the church, bottom right.
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TRAVEL SERIES ENGLAND:BLENHEIM PALACE, BIRTHPLACE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL |TRAVELLER'S NEST NZ
UK: BLENHEIM PALACE
After the weekend in Milton Keynes, we set off to Blenheim Palace.
Blenheim Palace ended up being one of our favorites, after Hardwick Hall and Waddesdon Manor.
Blenheim Palace is the only non-royal country house in England to hold title of Palace.
The Palace, one of the largest in England, was built between 1705 and 1722. It is UNESCO world heritage listed site.
The Palace is named after the 1704 Battle of Blenheim in Bavaria, Germany.
The land was gifted to John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, for his military triumph in the Battle by Queen Mary.
Hence why it is a Palace and not a Park or Hall.
It has been the home of the Churchill, later Spencer Churchill family for over 300 years.
Winston Spencer Churchill, the grandson of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, was born in the palace in 1874.
He spent a lot of his childhood at the Palace.
Winston is buried in the family graves in the next village at St Martins church, Bladon.
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The Graveyard (St. Martin's Priory, Canterbury)
Tombstones. Non-conformist Chapel. General Cemetery. Sheffield
I just went the other day to the Building & Architectural Tour... it was amazing. 2 years of building, such a master plan... and what's left / become in the last 50 years.
The General Cemetery in the City of Sheffield, England opened in 1836 and closed for burial in 1978. It was the principal cemetery in Victorian Sheffield with over 87,000 burials. Today it is a listed Landscape (Grade II*) on the English Heritage National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. It is owned by the City of Sheffield and managed on behalf of them by a local community group, the Sheffield General Cemetery Trust
History
The General Cemetery was one of the first commercial landscape cemeteries in Britain. Its opening in 1836 as a Nonconformist cemetery was a response to the rapid growth of Sheffield and the relatively poor state of the town's churchyards. The cemetery, with its Greek Doric and Egyptian style buildings, was designed by Sheffield architect Samuel Worth (1779--1870) on the site of a former quarry. Robert Marnock who also designed Sheffield Botanical Gardens (1836) and Weston Park (1873) acted as a landscape consultant for this initial phase. The first burial was of Mary Ann Fish, a victim of tuberculosis. An Anglican cemetery with a chapel designed by William Flockton and a landscape laid out by Robert Marnock was consecrated alongside the Nonconformist cemetery in 1846—the wall that divided the unconsecrated and consecrated ground can still be seen today. By 1916 the cemetery was rapidly filling up and running out of space, burials in family plots continued through the 1950s and 1960s, but by 1978 ownership of the cemetery had passed to Sheffield City Council and it was closed to all new burials. In 1980 the council got permission by Act of Parliament to clear 800 gravestones to make a recreation area. Through the 1980s and 1990s most of the rest of the cemetery was left untouched, becoming overgrown and an important sanctuary for local wildlife. Unfortunately, many of the buildings also fell into disrepair. In early 2003 work began to restore the gatehouse and catacombs funded by a £500,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The restored gatehouse now houses the offices of the Sheffield General Cemetery Trust.
Notable buildings and structures
The Gatehouse (Grade II* listed) is built directly over the Porter Brook in a Classical architectural style with Egyptian features. The gateway itself resembles a Roman arch. It was possibly built over the river so that entering the cemetery was symbolic of the crossing of the river Styx in Greek mythology.
The Egyptian Gate (Grade II* listed) forms the entrance to the cemetery on Cemetery Road. It is richly ornamented and possesses gates bearing ouroboros, two coiled snakes holding their tails in their mouths.
The Nonconformist chapel (Grade II* listed) is built in a classical style with Egyptian features. The sculpted panel above the door shows a dove, representing the Holy Ghost or the Holy Spirit. Stone steps lead down to a wall with catacomb-like entrances.
The Anglican chapel (added in 1850; Grade II listed). Designed in the Neo-Gothic style by William Flockton. Unlike the other buildings in the cemetery, the chapel was built in Gothic style rather than Classical or Egyptian. The building is distinctive in style due to its ogival windows, the porte-cochere and the spire. The spire is indeed far too big for the rest of the building, built purposely so that it would be seen from afar.
The Registrar's house (Grade II listed)
The Catacombs. There are two rows of catacombs built into the hillside, this method of burial was unpopular and only ten bodies were laid to rest in the catacombs in the first 10 years.
The Dissenters' Wall was built between 1848 and 1850. It divided the older Nonconformist part of the cemetery from the consecrated Anglican ground. The wall runs almost uninterrupted, from the perimeter wall on Cemetery Road to the path beside the Porter Brook at the bottom of the cemetery.
The Sheffield General Cemetery Trust
Cycle from Bladon Chains Club site
Jonathan Manning enjoys a Sir Winston Churchill-themed ride from Bladon Chains Club site ( in Oxfordshire. The route begins with a visit to Churchill's birthplace at Blenheim Palace and calls in on his grave at St Martin's church in Bladon near the end. For full directions and a map see the February 2019 digital edition of the Magazine App or download a gpx file of the route via our Strava page (
1/30/1965 Druid Churchill's Unitarian Funeral -- Operation Hope Not at St Paul's Cathedral
The White Brotherhood -- L'Assange Le Bouvier Schacht Jahre Onassis and Winston Churchill, member of the Albion Lodge of the Anciente Order of Druids of Oxford. Churchill died on 24 January 1965, and his coffin was kept lying in state in Westminster Hall from 27 January. The funeral service was on 30 January 1965. Operation Hope Not was the code-name of a funeral plan for Winston Churchill that started in 1953, twelve years before his death in 1965. The detailed plan was prepared in 1958. Churchill died on 24 January 1965, and the operation was implemented on 30 January 1965.[4] Churchill's coffin was kept at Westminster Hall. The main funeral service was held at St Paul's Cathedral. The coffin was transported by boat on the Thames to Waterloo station, and thence by train to Bladon, Oxfordshire, where it was interred in the St Martin's Churchyard,[5] near his father's tomb. The official funeral lasted for four days.[7]
Churchill's Funeral: World In Remembrance (1965) British Pathé This item is in colour. Title reads: World in Remembrance.
Intertitle reads: With splendour befitting one of mankind's greatest, Britain lays to rest Sir Winston Churchill.
Funeral of Winston Churchill, London.
L/S of Westminster and the River Thames. C/U Big Ben. Various shots funeral procession leaving Westminster Hall where coffin has laid in state. Sailors of Royal Navy draw the gun carriage bearing coffin. C/U gun carriage and coffin draped in Union Jack flag. Various shots military procession following coffin: army band, soldiers and sailors with rifles pointing downwards and Royal Horseguards. Churchill's orders and decorations are carried on cushions. M/S Nelson's column.
The procession reaches St. Paul's Cathedral. We see the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by Cardinal Heenan entering St. Paul's. Various shots international statesmen and royalty arriving at St. Paul's: Ray Gunter (Minister of Labour), Soviet Marshall Koniev, President Charles de Gaulle, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, Prince Bernhard. British Royal family arrive; Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Lord Snowdon, Duke and Duchess of Kent and Princess Marina. The Lord Mayor of London welcomes Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) and Prince Charles (Prince of Wales). L/S of pall bearers: Harold Macmillan, Sir Robert Menzies, Lord Normanbrook, Field Marshal Gerald Templer, Lord Bridges, Lord Ismay, Field Marshal Viscount Slim, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Earl of Avon, Earl Attlee (Clement Attlee), Field Marshal Earl Alexander, Earl Mountbatten.
Various shots cortege entering St. Paul's followed by members of Churchill's family. Various shots coffin being carried up aisle, cathedral is packed with mourners. Coffin remains on plinth while congregation sing Glory, Glory, Hallelujah. Various shots coffin being carried out of cathedral. Various shots of dignitaries present; including President Charles de Gaulle, Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, King Baudouin of Belgium.
L/S of Tower Bridge, cannons in foreground fire 19 gun salute. Various shots London Survey Launch Havengore taking coffin towards festival pier. Wharf cranes in London docks dip as launch passes, fleet of fighter planes fly overhead. L/S of Westminster and River Thames.
Note - service programmes for funeral are on file.
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The first Druids Lodge in Victoria was established in Melbourne in 1851 by a Mr Hymen who arrived from London with authority from the AOD, but a permanent lodge did not eventuate until Asher Barnard established a lodge in 1861.[13] A Victorian Grand Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids was begun around 1862 with Mr A Hunt appointed first Grand Secretary. Alderman James J. Brenan (1843–1914) was Grand Secretary for over 40 years from 1875 and, with the establishment of the Supreme Grand Lodge of Australia and New Zealand in 1912, he was granted the title Supreme Arch Druid. Total membership of the Supreme Lodge was then reported to be 72,000. Juvenile lodges were established in Prahran in 1886, and in South Melbourne and Footscray, but had ceased to exist by 1900. The first female lodge was opened in 1899 in Launceston, Tasmania, and by about 1925 there were fifteen ladies lodges.
The Royal and the Adelaide lodge, with a total of 862 members [16]
Churchill's Funeral Train, recreated in model railway form. Hornby R3300
In this video I am going to try and recreate the historic funeral train of Sir Winston Churchill, the war time prime minister of great Britain that helped carry his people to victory, became synonymous with ‘bull dog’ spirit, V for Victory and taking tough decisions.
He may not have been a perfect man, but he was undoubtedly the perfect man for the job of driving back the nazi threat and along with many other heroes bringing the world to safety.
I’ll be using the Hornby R3300 limited edition train pack that I reviewed last year, but I’ll be adding other Pullman coaches to bring the train up to the right length and formation.
As far as possible from research done I have attempted to recreate the route and possible trains the solemn service might have passed on its journey to Handborough in Oxfordshire.
Churchill died on 24 January 1965, aged 90. On the 30th of January 1965 he was given a state funeral as befitting a man of his importance and in recognition of his service to his country.
His body was conveyed by train from Waterloo station.
Bulleid Battle of Britain class No. 34051 had been named ‘Winston Churchill’ by Lord Dowding in September 1947. So this loco was sent from its home shed of Salisbury to Nine Elms in London the week before the funeral to be made ready for the special train.
The train was formed of 34051, Pullman brake 208, special luggage van S2464, Pullman car Carina, Lydia, Perseus and brake car Isle of Thanet.
At about 11:40 that morning the empty train was moved from Clapham Junction sidings to Waterloo with a standard class 4 tank loco on each end of the train.
34051 was driven by a Nine Elms crew: Royal Train Driver A.W. Hurley and Fireman Jim Lester.
The locomotive famously carried a three disc head code representing “V” for Victory.
The loco made its way from the depot to the loco sidings and then to Waterloo where it backed onto the train.
Departing Waterloo at 1:28pm, the train travelled respectfully slowly to Reading where it joined the Western Region line to reach Handborough, via Didcot and Oxford, arriving at 3:23pm.
All along the route crowds had gathered to witness the solemn train pass by.
The loco men remarked at how emotional it was to see many old uniformed soldiers standing crisply to attention and saluting!
Just along the way the 34051 passes an up service hauled by fellow Battle of Britain class Tangmere.
Further along still a 2H DEMU trundles along as our train continues on its way.
Instructions had been issued to run at 20 mph through Oxford station in order that all the bells being tolled in the 'City of Spires' might be heard by those travelling in the funeral train (church bells)
On arrival at Handborough station the funeral party made its way by road to St Martin's church in Bladon where Churchill was laid to rest alongside his family.
The parish of St Martin's includes Blenheim Palace, the family seat of the dukes of Marlborough
34051 then returned back to Nine Elms light engine via Oxford for turning,
Once the private funeral arrangements had been completed the funeral party re-joined the train and at 16:20 returned to London Paddington this time hauled by D1015 Western Champion.
Here my D1023 Western Fusilier stands in.
So there ends an era and an historic train, 34051 and the baggage car have been preserved and can be found at the National rail museum in York.
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'Churchill's Final Journey' Funeral Train Exhibition at the National Railway Museum - 08/04/2015
On 30th January 1965, Sir Winston Churchill, one of Britain's greatest political leaders, passed away at the age of 90. Shortly afterwards, the whole country unanimously decided to pay their last respects by giving the former prime minister the biggest state funeral in history at that time. The world-famous service featured representatives from over 112 countries, and was watched by over 350 million people as it was broadcast live on television.
Firstly, Churchill's body was left in state at Westminster Hall for three days before moving to St Paul's Cathedral on 30th January. After the funeral service, Churchill's coffin was passed up the River Thames from Tower Pier to Festival Pier. The Royal Artillery then made a 19-gun salute before his coffin was taken this time to Waterloo Station. A special funeral train of Pullman Coaches and a hearse van had been assembled and was to be hauled by SR Bullied 'Battle Of Britain' Pacific 34051 'Winston Churchill' to Hanborough, near Oxford. During the journey, thousands of mourners came down to the stations and lineside and stood in silence to pay their last respects. At Hanborough, Churchill was finally moved to his family plot at St Martin's Church, Bladon.
To commemorate 50 years since this significant day in both Churchill and Britain's history, the National Railway Museum organised a one-off exhibition for the 50th anniversary of his passing, entitled 'Churchill's Final Journey' Luckily, all of the rolling stock featured in his funeral train survived into preservation, including 34051 'Winston Churchill'. However, the Bullied Pacific had been in desperate need of repair and cosmetic attention for many years, so the decision was taken to cosmetically restore 34051 to how it would've appeared during the run in 2014, which was completed in time for the anniversary the following year. Also receiving cosmetic attention was the luggage van that carried Churchill's coffin, SR Gangwayed Bogie Luggage Van S2464S. The van had been on display in the US for many years but was repatriated in 2007 by the Swanage Railway and restored at Locomotion: NRM Shildon last year. Also on display was one of the original Pullman Cars 'Lydia' as well as several notice boards indicating Churchill's life and history.
In this video, the primary focus is the exhibit and the locomotive, but we also take a quick look at some other famous exhibits of the NRM. I hope you all enjoy the video. Feel free to comment and subscribe!
Dedicated to the life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill: 1874 - 1965
Randolph Churchill
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill MBE was the son of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Preston from 1940 to 1945. His wife from 1939 to 1946 was Pamela Harriman; they had a son, Winston Churchill, who would follow his father into Parliament.
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Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral 50th Anniversary
Churchill author opens Tower Bridge on 50th Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's State Funeral. Rodney J Croft author of 'Churchill's Final Farewell-The State and Private Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill', with Foreword by Andrew Roberts and available as an ebook on amazon, Kindle, Kobo, iTunes and epub and in paperback on amazon was invited by The Corporation of London in view of his publication and that he is a Freeman of The City of London to raise Tower Bridge on January 30th 2015, to allow MV Havengore to pass under Tower Bridge. In tribute to Churchill, the bascules were raised to their full elevation an honour usually reserved for a Monarch.
Havengore carried Churchill's body up the Thames to Festival Pier in 1965 and then on to Waterloo Station for the journey to Hanborough and then St. Martin's Church Bladon where Churchill was buried within sight of Blenheim Palace where he was born and where he proposed to his wife Clementine. On January 30th 2015, Havengore carrying members of the Churchill family motored up The Thames to The Houses of Parliament where a service of Commemoration was relayed from the launch and a wreath with a 'V' for Victory in its centre was cast on The Thames. In the evening a Commemoration service and wreath laying ceremony was held in the Nave of Westminster Abbey.