Record

Performance TitleRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 1976 [Private]
Performance Date13 November 1976
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. Gerald A Ellison,
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Ernest T Bassett,
Rev. John Huxtable,
Sir Charles Jones - speakers

The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Reserve,
Royal Fleet Auxiliary,
Royal Naval Auxiliary Service,
Merchant Navy,
The Army,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps,
Women's Royal Army Corps,
The Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve,
The Ulster Defence Regiment,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Observer Corps,
St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
Royal National Life-Boat Institution,
Young Mens' Christian Association,
The Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association,
The Home Guard,
The Women's Land Army,
In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
Junior Soldiers of the Prince of Wales's Division,
Royal Naval Display 1976,
Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF)
Secondary PerformersChristopher S Gower - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Guards Division,
State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas,
Bugles of the 2nd Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles,
Band of HM Royal Marines
ConductorsMajor E G Horabin,
Warrant Officer Class II B R Carben,
Captain H C R Bently,
Captain C J Taylor
Set ListFanfare',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Hymn, 'Stand Up, and Bless the Lord',
Hymn, 'The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended'

Community Singing:
'Memories, Memories',
'You Are My Sunshine',
'Sons of the Sea!',
'Good-bye Dolly, I Must Leave You',
'Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free'

Service:
'The Last Post',
Act of Remembrance (Sir Charles Jones),
Reveille,
Hymn, 'O Lord of Life, Whose Power Sustains',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh,
HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales,
HRH Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips,
Captain Mark Phillips,
HRH Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,
HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent,
King Olav of Norway
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television and recorded by BBC Sound.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1976/191)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1976/191Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 197613 November 1976
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_SiliolokooxogRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 19761
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/10926Ellison; Gerald (1910-1992); English anglcan clergy and bishop
DS/UK/1373British Armed Forces; Royal Navy; 15th Century-; British navel unit of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/1374Royal Navy; British Armed Forces; The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines; 1664-; British marine corps and amphibious infantry
DS/UK/12534Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS); 1884-; British nursing branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/8922Merchant Navy; 1835-; English maritime merchant service
DS/UK/2595British Army; The Corps of Royal Engineers (Sappers); 1717-; British army engineering corps
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/8748Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service; 1918-; British Forces Service
DS/UK/7501Women's Auxiliary Air Force; 1939-; Auxiliary woman's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/12533Royal Air Force; Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF); 1918-1994; British women's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/1476St John Ambulance; 1877-; British medical service
DS/UK/1475International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; British Red Cross Society; 1870-; International humanitarian organisation
DS/UK/8457Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI); 1824-; British charity
DS/UK/5845The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA); 1844-; International Christian organisation
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/12053Jones; Sir; Charles (1906-1988); GCB CBE MC; English army general
DS/UK/592The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
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