Main Performers | Colonel the Rt. Hon. John Gretton MP (Chair), Commander O Locker Lampson MP, Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft Bt MP, Major-General Sir Alfred Knox MP, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir Hamar Greenwood Bt KC MP, Major Guy Kindersley MP, Mr R Mitchell Banks KC MP (President of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union) - speakers |
Set List | 'Imperial March', Elgar (H L Balfour), 'Plymouth Hoe', Ansell (Band), 'Favourite Melodies of Tschaikovsky', Tschaikovsky (Band), Organ: 'Polonaise', Chopin (H L Balfour), 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Band), 'Reminiscences of England', Godfrey (Band), 'Russian March' (H L Balfour)
Procession of speakers to platform through the Arena, Meeting - Speeches |
Performance Notes | "THE SOVIET DANGER. PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION. "PESTILENTIAL PROPAGANDA." A great rally of patriotic citizens took place last evening in the Royal Albert Hall, convened by Conservative members of Parliament, the British Empire Union, and other organisations, to protest against "Soviet interference in British affairs." The vast building was filled long before the proceedings commenced. The Right Hon. Colonel John Gretton, MP, who presided, was supported on the platform by many members of both Houses of Parliament, the British Empire Union, and the National League." (The Daily Telegraph, 16 July 1926)
During Commander Locker-Lampson's speech a woman in the gallery interrupted him and was escorted from the Hall. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1926/60) |