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Performance TitlePageant of The Empire and Her Allies - A New Year Festival
Performance Date1 January 1942
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time14:15
Main PerformersTerritorial Army nursing service,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) nursing service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military nursing service,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval nursing service,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force,
Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
34th County of London, London River (South) Battalion HG,
Royal Air Forc (RAF),
Dominion and Colonial Forces,
The British Army,
Royal Naval Patrol Service,
Royal Naval Reserve,
Royal Marines,
Royal Navy,
Chelsea Pensioners

Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Lang,
Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Hinsley,
Sir Harry Brittain (Vice-Chairman of the Organising Committee),
Robert Speaight,
Admiral Sir Edward Evans - speakers,

Count John McCormack - vocal
Orchestra or BandRoyal Horse Guards Trumpeters,
Massed Bands,
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Pipers
ChoirsCzech and Polish Military Choirs
Set List'Fanfare of Trumpets' (Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'The Star Spangled Banner'
Entry of Chelsea Pensioners,
Entry of Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Luxembeurg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, America and Jugoslavia.

Addresses (Sir Harry Brittain, Archbisho of Canterbury, Archbishop of Westminster, Admiral Sir Edward Evans),

'Angelus' (Count John McCormack)

'Norwegian Carnival', Svendsen (Massed Bands),
March, 'Military Polonaise',
March, 'Colonel Bogey',
March, 'The Great Little Army',
'Land of Hope And Glory',
'Rule Britannia',
'Lest We Forget',
'O Come All Ye Faithful',
'Jerusalem', Parry,
March, 'Knights of the King' (Massed Bands),
March, 'Old Father Thames',
March, 'RAF March',
March, 'Soldiers of The King',
March, 'A Life On The Ocean Waves',
March, 'Hearts of Oak',
Hymn, 'On The Morning of Christ's Nativity', Milton (Robert Speaight, Czech and Polish Military Choirs),
March, 'Marche Solonelle'
Royal PresenceHM King Haakon of Norway,
HM King Peter of Jugoslavia,
HRH Prince Tomislav of Jugoslavia,
HRH Prince Andrev of Jugoslavia,
HRH Prince Berhard of the Netherlands,
Grand Duchess of Luxemburg
Performance NotesOther high profile guests included the American Ambassador, Mr Winant, the American Ambassador to the Allied Governments, Mr Drexel Biddle, the Chinese Ambassador, Dr Wellington Koo, and the Soviet Ambassador, M Maisky. (The Daily Telegraph, 2 January 1942)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1942/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1942/1Under the auspices of the Officers' Sunday Club, A New Year Festival - A Pageant Of The Empire And Her Allies1 January 1942
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EakancncbifoohA Pageant of The Empire and Her Allies - A New Year Festival1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1961Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS); 1938-1949; British women's branch of the British Army during WWII.
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/3262Lang; William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945); 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth; Scottish Anglican prelate
DS/UK/349McCormack; John Francis (1884-1945); Papal Count; Irish tenor
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