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Performance TitleDekho! Twenty-Fourth Burma Reunion
Performance Date23 May 1970
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersSir Harold T C Walker,
Captain E W Bush,
Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing,
General Sir A F Philip Christison,
General Sir Robert Mansergh,
General Sir Frank W.Messervy,
General Sir Geoffrey A P Scoones,
General Sir Hugh Stockwell,
General Sir Montagu Stopford,
Lt.-General E N Goddard,
Lt.-General Sir Reginald Savory,
Major-General W E V Abraham,
Major-General G M Dyer,
Major-General J M L Grover,
Major-General D C Hawthorn,
Major-General C Woolner,
Rt.Hon.Sir John Smyth,
Lt.-Colonel The Hon J D Slim,
The Earl of Bandon,
Sir W Alec Coryton,
Sir John Grandy,
Sir R Victor Goddard,
S F Vincent,
A St.Pierre,
A E Slater,
U Basaw,
Major-General R K Batra,
Commodore N P Datta,
H K Bose,
Brigadier S A Hasan,
Captain K M Hussain,
Mohammad Aslam,
Elsie and Doris Waters (Gert and Daisy),
Caroline Hall and The Age,
Jack Seaton,
Queens Gurkha Orderly Officers,
The Rex Grey Spectacular Girls,
Ken Cregeen,
Peter Humby,
Laurie Derbyshire,
David Cregeen,
Peter Reglar,
Geoff Taylor

Vera Lynn,
Janey Masters - vocals,
Reg Kemish - organ
Secondary PerformersEric James,
Geoffrey Morgan,
Jack Honeybourne,
John Stiles - pianos
Orchestra or BandRegimental Band of The Coldstream Guards,
1st Coventry Group of The Scout Association Trumpets and Drums,
Band of HM Royal Marines,
Pipers of The Brigade of Gurkhas
ChoirsThe Alexandra Choir
ConductorsMajor Trevor L Sharpe,
Bandmaster R H Nowell,
Lt. C J Taylor
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
An Act of Remembrance,
God of Our Fathers Known of Old,
Keep Right On To The End of The Road
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.

"MORALE IS A SAVIOUR.
Prince Philip told men who stood up to the Japanese in the Far East over 25 years ago to remember the Burma spirit. Addressing 6,000 Burma Star holders and their rleations in the Albert Hall, he said: "Morale is a great bonus if everything is going right but it becomes a saviour in adversity. Without it armies can crumble and nations disintergrate."
(The Daily Telegraph, 24 May 1970)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1970/66)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1970/66Dekho! Twenty-Fourth Burma Reunion23 May 1970
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Nobcm_S_RowbDekho! Twenty-Fourth Burma Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/9958Kemish; Reginald "Reg" (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist
DS/UK/9959Stiles; John (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist, organist, conductor
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
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