Anniversary Wreath Laying 2025

The annual wreath laying at Dickens's tomb in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey took place on 9th June as usual. It was extremely well attended. The oration was given by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, a great, great, great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. The service was conducted by the Reverend David Stanton. Two wreaths were laid, one by Sienna Spalding and Laurence Howe of Gad's Hill School and the second, on behalf of the Fellowship, by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley assisted by Eddie and Eliott Dickens (great, great, great, great grandsons). We were fortunate in having several descendants of Dickens present, spanning three generations.