Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1959 [Private]
Performance Date7 November 1959
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. J L Wilson,
Rev. W Russell Shearer,
Sir Richard Howard-Vyse - speakers,
Garth Benson - organ

The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve,
The Merchant Navy,
The Army,
The Territorial Army,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
Chelsea Pensioners,
Women's Forces - Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Women's Royal Naval Service, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Women's Royal Army Corps, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service, Women's Royal Air Force (RAF),
Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, Perthshire Boys,
RAC Bovington Camp Junior Leaders,
Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot, Instructors,
Women's Royal Air Force (RAF) Swinging Display Team Club, St. Athan, Glamorgan
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group),
Women's Royal Air Force (RAF) Band, Uxbridge
ConductorsLt.-Colonel F J Harris
Captain W Lang
Set List'Fanfare' (Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
'Whitehall', Frank Wright (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'National Emblem', Bagley (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Retreat Beaten By The Corps of Drums' (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group))
'Pomp and Circumstance No.4', Elgar, arr. Lang (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Largo', Handel, arr. Lang (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended', Schofield, arr. Lang (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Sunset', A C Green (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Let's All Go Down The Strand!',
'The White Cliffs of Dover',
'Wish Me Luck, As You Wave Me Good-bye',
'Bless 'Em All! Bless 'Em All!',
'Keep Right On To The End of The Road',
'Adagio in E', Frank Bridge (Garth Benson)

Service:
Hymn - 'Now Thank We All Our God',
Hymn - 'Abide With Me',
'The Last Post',
'Act of Remembrance' (Richard Howard-Vyse),
'Reveille',
Hymn - 'Onward Christian Soldiers',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
HRH The Princess Margaret,
HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH Princess Mary, The Princess Royal,
HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Performance NotesHM The Queen was not in attendance as she was expecting Prince Andrew and therefore stopped public engagements.

The Royal party were accompanied by Squadron Leader Severne, Superintendent Kelly, Miss Joan Lascelles, Lady Paynter, Major John Griffin and the Honourable Iris Peake. The Royal party were received by Major-Gneral Sir Richard Howard-Vyse (President of the British Legion) and Lord Pender (Royal Albert Hall President).

The event was broadcast on BBC television at 19:00.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1959/137)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/137British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19597 November 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ealataxeaz_ScpBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19592
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
DS/UK/1373British Armed Forces; Royal Navy; 15th Century-; British navel unit of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/1374Royal Navy; British Armed Forces; The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines; 1664-; British marine corps and amphibious infantry
DS/UK/8922Merchant Navy; 1835-; English maritime merchant service
DS/UK/1375British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/8748Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service; 1918-; British Forces Service
DS/UK/11902Army School of Physical Training; c1860s-; British Army training establishment
DS/UK/11900Vyse; Sir; Richard Granville Hylton Howard- (1883-1962); KCMG DSO JP; British Army cavalry officer
DS/UK/11901Benson; Ewart Garth (fl 1950s-1980s); British organist
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/12532Royal Air Force; Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF); 1924-; British Royal Air Force voluntary reserve
DS/UK/12534Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS); 1884-; British nursing branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/12535British Army; [DUPLICATE] Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC); 1902-; British nursing branch of the Army
DS/UK/12544British Army; Army Reserve; 1908-; British Army reserve force
DS/UK/13024Royal Navy; Royal Naval Reserve (RNR); 1958-; British Royal Navy volunteer reserve force
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