Record

Performance TitleEl Alamein Reunion 1946
Performance Date23 October 1946
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersViscount Montgomery of Alamein,
Jack 'Blue Pencil' Warner,
Rt. Hon.Winston Churchill - speakers,
Doreen Harris - vocal
Secondary PerformersSandy Macpherson - organ,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandRoyal Artillery Trumpeters,
Scots Guards Band
ConductorsCaptain S Rhodes
Set ListAddress (Viscount Montgomery of Alamein),
Address (WInston Churchill)

Organ Soli - 'From The Welsh Hills', Lewis (Sandy Macpherson),
'Scottish Melodies', Campbell (Sandy Macpherson),
'Pomp and Circumstance No.4', Elgar (Sandy Macpherson),
'Warsaw Concerto Theme', Addinsell (Sandy Macpherson),
'The Oak and The Rose', Hanmer (Sandy Macpherson),
'Lili Marlene' (Doreen Harris),
'In The Land of Beginning Again',
'Roll Out The Barrel',
'Lily of Laguna',
'If I Had My Way',
'Yours',
'Bless 'Em All!',
'8th Army March', Coates (Scots Guards Band),
'Martial Movements', arr. Winter (Scots Guards Band),
'Community Lance I', arr. Stoadon (Scots Guards Band),
'Cavalcade', Novello (Scots Guards Band),
'Love's Old Sweet Song', Molloy (Scots Guards Band),
'Our Empire', arr. C Goafrey (Scots Guards Band),
Organ Soli - 'Polonaise in A', Chopin (Arnold Greir),
'Chanson De Matin', Elgar (Arnold Greir),
'Trumpet Voluntary', Clarke (Arnold Greir),
'Hornpipe' (Water Music)', Handel (Arnold Greir),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesReunion concert attended by 5,000 of the men who fought at the battle of El Alamein.

The organ and choir stalls were draped in a fabric back cloth decorated with flags.

Film footage of this event is available from British Pathe Film ID 2359.05 (1min 15sec).
Associated Press Archive holds B&W Movietone footage of the event (Story No. BM47667).

"Mr Churchill declared: "You are right to celebrate this memorable anniversary. Alamein was not only a famous victory. It was a turning point. After Alamein we survived. After Alamein we conquered and never stopped conquering until the final victory was achieved."
(The Times, 24 October 1946)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1946/242)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/242Anniversary Concert of the Battle of El Alamein23 October 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6909Montgomery; Bernard (1887-1976); 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO PC; British Field Marshal
DS/UK/6369Warner; Jack (1895-1981); OBE; English actor
DS/UK/2028Churchill; Sir; Winston (30 November 1874-24 January 1965); KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA; British politician, army officer, and writer
DS/UK/3992MacPherson; Roderick Hallowell 'Sandy' (fl 1928-1975); Canadian-born theatre organist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/2640British Army; Royal Artillery Band; 1762-; British military band
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/790Rhodes; James (1975-); British classical pianist
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