Record

Performance TitleDekho! Twenty-Third Burma Reunion
Performance Date28 April 1979
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersHRH The Princess Margaret,
The Burmese Ambassador,
The High Commissioner of India,
The Nepalese Ambassador,
Brigadier F M Khan,
Earl of Mountbatten of Burma,
Aileen Viscountess Slim,
Colonel Viscount Slim,
Sir Bernard Chacksfield,
Lt.-Colonel G R A Brooking,
Rear Admiral M Lucey,
Major-General Sir William Abraham,
General Sir Hugh Stockwell,
Rear Admiral F B P Brayne-Nicholls,
Sir John Grandy,
Captain E W Bush,
Major-General J M L Grover,
Brigadier Michael Calvert,
A E Slater,
A St.Pierre,
D L Owen,
C R Taylor,
Brigadier Mayadas,
Commodore K N Dubash,
Wing Commander Subbaramu VRC,
Commander I A Sirohey,
Group Captain Z I Ahmed,
Colonel Robert G Jenks,
Captain Thomas M Vojtek,
ColonelRobert B Osborn

Howell James,
Dame Vera Lynn - vocals,
Lydia Griffiths - harp
George Blackmore - organ
Secondary PerformersMrs L Brivnant Jones - piano
Orchestra or BandRegimental Band of the Grenadier Guards,
Pipers of the School of Technical Training - Royal Air Force (RAF) Halton - Buckinghamshire,
Romford Drum and Trumpet Corps
ChoirsPowys Male Voice Choir, Machynlleth, Mid Wales
ConductorsMajor D R Kimberley,
Tecwyn Jones,
R H W Bouchard
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'God of Our Fathers, Known of Old',
'Keep Right on to the End of the Road',
'Bless 'em All',
'It's a Long Way to Tipperary',
'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag',
'On the Road to Mandalay'
Royal PresenceHRH The Princess Margaret
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1979/60)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/eAexheac3.be
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/60Dekho! Twenty-Third Burma Reunion28 April 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eanaxookaik_XoixDekho! Twenty-Third Burma Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/11154Blackmore; George (24 January 1921-21 February 1994); English organist
DS/UK/6747Snagge; John Derrick Mordaunt (1904-1996); OBE; British newsreader, commentator
DS/UK/12593Slim; John Douglas (1927-2019); OBE2nd Viscount Slim; British peer, soldier
DS/UK/6716Mountbatten; Lord; Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas (1900-1979); 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS; British statesman, naval officer
DS/UK/15949Chacksfield; Sir; Bernard (1913-1999); English senior Royal Air Force officer
DS/UK/18128Lucey; Martin (1920-1992); British royal navy officer
DS/UK/16686Abraham; Major-General Sir; William (21 August 1897-6 February 1980); CBE FGS; British Army officer
DS/UK/15163Stockwell; Sir; Hugh (1903-1986); British soldier and general
DS/UK/18129Grandy; Sir; John (1913-2004); English royal air force officer
DS/UK/15950Calvert; Michael (1913-1998); British soldier
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