Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service 2023

The Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service will be taking place on 16 May at St Paul’s Cathedral at 17.00.

This year sees a change in the venue from Westminster Abbey to St Paul’s due to the coronation of King Charles III, also taking place in May. Further details on the event will follow.

The Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service is held annually at Westminster Abbey.

Florence Nightingale was known as “The Lady with The Lamp” as she made her rounds at night tending to the soldiers wounded in the Crimean War.

Central to the commemoration service is the Lamp. The Lamp was purchased in memory of Mrs Kathleen Dampier-Bennett, a supporter (committee member) of the Foundation from 1951 – 1968. The Lamp is inscribed in her memory and was dedicated by the Dean of Westminster at the service on 12 May 1970, the 150th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. It has been used at every service since.