Record

Performance TitleDekho! Thirty-Ninth Burma Reunion
Performance Date27 April 1985
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRev. L E M Claxton,
Countess Mountbatten of Burma,
Colonel The Viscount Slim (National President) - speakers

Royal Marine Volunteer Cadet Corps, Plymouth Physical Training Display Team

Howell James,
Dame Vera Lynn - vocals
William Davies - organ
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Royal Marines Commander in Chief Fleet,
Pipers of the School of Technical Training, RAF Halton, Bucks,
Band of the Royal Marine Volunteer Cadet Corps, Plymouth,
Wycombe Youth Band
ConductorsCaptain E P Whealing,
Christopher Taylor
Set ListThe Band of HM Royal Marines,
Organ Selection (Eilliam Davies),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Entrance of the Branch Standards led by The National Standard Paraded by Western Area),
Entrance of The President, The Chairman, National Officers and Honoured Guests (Pipers of the School of Technical Training, RAF Halton)

Service of Remembrance:
'Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven',
Prayer,
Act of Remembrance and Dedication,
Lord's Prayer,
'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of the Lord',
The Last Post,
Epitaph,
Reveille,
The Blessing

Speech (Colonel The Viscount Slim),
The Band of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps, Plymouth,
The Royal Marine Volunteer Cadet Corps, Plymouth Physical Training Display Team

Community Singing ( lead by Howell James):
'Fall in and Follow Me',
'When You're Smiling',
'Underneath the Arches',
'On the Road to Mandalay'

The Wycombe Youth Band,
Vera Lynn,
Finale - 'Land of Hope and Glory', Edward Elgar
Performance NotesWartime sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn was presented with the Burma Star medal and the 1939-1944 War Medal by Air Vice Marshal Sir Bernard Chacksfield (chairman of the Burma Star Association) 40 years after entertaining troops in the Far East.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1985/36)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1985/36Dekho! Thirty-Ninth Burma Reunion27 April 1985
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eagalol_B_GcbDekho! Thirty-Ninth Burma Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3025Burma Star Association; 1951-; British veterans' association
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/13457Knatchbull; Patricia Edwina Victoria (1924-2017); nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE MSC CD JP DL; British aristocrat, charity worker
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