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Performance TitleEl Alamein Reunion 1963 - Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein
Performance Date25 October 1963
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time18:45
Main PerformersAnn Angel,
Donald McKillop,
Tony Handy,
Anthony Viccars,
Douglas Storm,
Jon Farrell,
Len Brittain,
Kathleen St.John,
Tony Doyle,
Peter Mackriel,
Jeremy Hunter,
Douglas Malcolm,
David Valla,
Peter Hughes,
Peter Cavanagh,
Dick Emery,
Les Ensa Girls,
Lynton Boys,
George Clarkson,
Willie Carlisle,
Jimmy Kidd,
Gordon Henson,
Nat Jackley and Co.,

Cardew Robinson,
Bud Flanagan,
Vera Lynn,
Marlene Dietrich - vocals
Secondary PerformersViscount Montgomery of Alamein,
Lt.-General Sir Oliver Leese
Orchestra or BandBand of The Irish Guards
Irish Guards Dance Orchestra
ChoirsCliff Adams Singers
ConductorsMajor C H Jaeger
Set List'Desert Memories', Eric Caswell (John Webster, Ann Angel, Donald McKillop, Tony Handy, Anthony Viccars, Douglas Storm, Jon Farrell, Len Brittain, Kathleen St.John, Tony Doyle, Peter Mackriel, Jeremy Hunter, Douglas Malcolm, David Valla, Peter Hughes, Cliff Adams Singers),
'Lili Marlene' (Marlene Dietrich),
'Underneath The Arches' (Bud Flanagan),
'We'll Meet Again' (Vera Lynn)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Performance Notes"BAN BOMB MAN SHOUTED DOWN.
ALAMEIN REUNION OUTBURST.
An anti-nuclear demonstrator was shouted down at the El Alamein reunion at the Albert Hall last night when he cried: "What about the bomb? Are you going to fight against it?"
His outburst followed a speech by Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery who had declared: "Our young people must be taught to get their sense of values right. Many of them - too many - think that in the late war we fought for peace. We did not. We fought for freedom and justice.
"Peace, in itself, has no merit. Its merit lies in th efact that it provides the best conditions for working towards our ideals of freedom and justice.
"Our boys must be taught that England means something more than just a welfare State. We have got to make it clear to them that our nation has a very great deal to be proud of in the past and something to do in the future."
DIETRICH AND VERA LYNN.
Marlene Dietrich was at the reunion and sang 'Lilli Mariene.' Vera Lynn sang 'We'll meet again.'"
(The Daily Telegraph, 26 October 1963)

The Earl of Avon, who was wartime Foreign Secretary, was guest of honour.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1963/161),
Presscutting,
B&W copy photograph of Marlene Dietrich on the stage (RAHE/3/1963/6)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/JYJ90FJ9T.hP4J
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/161Twenty-Fifth El Alamein Re-Union on the occasion of the Twenty-First Anniversary of The Battle of El Alamein25 October 1963
RAHE/3/1963/6Photograph of Marlene Dietrich on the stage at the Royal Albert Hall25 October 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ufax_Fix_MoobEl Alamein Reunion 1963 - Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/13551Viccars; Antony (fl 1960s-1970s); British actor
DS/UK/7304Cavanagh; Peter (1914-1981); British impressionist
DS/UK/13914Emery; Richard Gilbert "Dick" (1915-1983); English comedian, actor
DS/UK/13376Robinson; Douglas John Cardew (1917-1992); British comedian
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/6909Montgomery; Bernard (1887-1976); 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO PC; British Field Marshal
DS/UK/8802Leese; Sir; Oliver William Hargreaves (1894-1978); 3rd Baronet; British army general
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/14010Jaeger; C.H (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/14351Taylor; Arch (fl 1960s-1980s); British actor
DS/UK/14352McKillop; Donald "Don" (1929-2005); English actor
DS/UK/14357Doyle; Tony (1942-2000); Irish actor
DS/UK/14354Storm; Douglas (fl 1960s-1980s); British actor
DS/UK/14355Farrell; Jon (1910-1971); Canadian actor
DS/UK/14356St. John; Kathleen (fl 1950s-1980s); British actress
DS/UK/14358Mackriel; Peter (fl 1950s-1990s); English actor
DS/UK/14359Valla; David (fl 1960s-1970s); English actor
DS/UK/14360Hughes; Peter (1922-); English actor
DS/UK/14361Jackley; Nat (1909-1988); English actor
DS/UK/14362Flanagan; Bud (1896-1968); OBE; English entertainer
DS/UK/14364Cliff Adams Singers (1954-2001)
DS/UK/14363Dietrich; Marie Magdalene "Marlene" (1901-1992); German actress, singer
DS/UK/1368Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002); HM; British Queen consort of King George VI
DS/UK/14353Handy; Tony (fl 1960s); British actor
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