Record

Performance TitleLondon Federation of Boys' Clubs - Annual Boxing Championships Finals
Performance Date1 March 1938
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:45
Main PerformersW With (Lion, Hoxton),
W Taylor (Woolman's Institute, Finsbury),
A Waughman (Repton, Mile End),
J Eagland (Webbe, Bethnal Green),
Dennis Barritt (Pell Street, Shadwell - PLA Boxing Club) WINNER,
A Angell (West Hendon),
D Kestell (Emmanuel Borough),
H White (Mary Ward, St. Pancras),
J Oakes (Webbe, Bethnal Green),
S Pearce (Brady, Stepney),
H West (Eton Manor, Hackney Wick),
F Mahoney (Downham Community),
L Bailey (Pembroke, Kensington),
D Williams (West Hendon),
A Bradley (St. George's, Poplar),
R Fordham (Lion, Hoxton),
H Aldous (Webbe, Bethnal Green),
H Johnson (Repton, Mile End),
A Neale (Fairbairn House, Plaistow),
H Farmer (Bradfield, Peckham),
T Birch (Downham Community),
V Twyman (Rugby, Notting Hill),
H Brown (Downham Community),
J Edwards (Pell Street, Shadwell),
J Morris (Wilton YMCA, Hoxton),
R Ramsey (Haileybury, Stepney),
D Rumens (Eton Manor, Hackney Wick),
H Dennis (West Central, St. Pancras),
F Friend (Eton Manor, Hackney Wick),
J Andrews (Laysterne Institute Hoxton),
S Walby (Webbe, Bethnal Green),
H Watson (Rugby, Notting Hill),
W Hobbs (Bradfield, Peckham),
H Blackman (Fairbairn House, Plaistow),
D Jenkinson (Crown, Hoxton),
R Lakey (Lion, Hoxton),
R James (Eton Manor, Hackney Wick),
R Bryan (Downside, Bermondsey),
L Burge (Eton Manor, Hackney Wick),
G Howe (Canterbury OBC, Bermondsey),
M Shefsky (West Central, St. Pancras),
A Hale (Fairbairn House, Plaistow)
Secondary PerformersF J Attwood,
W G Bailey,
G H G Chandley,
R Charles,
F A Collis,
H R Deane,
W Gascoigne,
W D Johnson
W Jones,
H Mansergh,
H Mallin,
J Neill,
F J Northcote,
P O'Neill,
H Pack,
O Pinto,
W A Ponsford,
R Shuter,
C R Thompson,
R C Warnes,
Colonel W H Godfrey - referees and judges,
E Custerson,
C E Walker - timekeepers
Set ListRoyal Welcome (Lord Desborough, Mr David H Lindsay),
Boxing,
Presentation of Prizes (HM The King),
'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow'
Royal PresenceHM King George VI,
HRH The Duke of Gloucester
Performance NotesFilm footage of this event is available from British Pathe (Film ID 947.34) Running time 1min 34secs.

Associated Press Archive holds B&W British Movietone footage of the event (BM32759).

The first time that a reigning Monarch had attended an amateur boxing display of this kind.

Some 300 competitors, drawn from 80 clubs, had taken part in the 250 bouts preceding the finals.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1938/13),
Photograph (RAHE/3/1938/1)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/3Pr3Pg-34SkFG
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1938/13London Federation of Boys' Clubs - Programme of Annual Boxing Championships Finals1 March 1938
RAHE/3/1938/1Photograph of King George VI presenting a prize at the London Federation of Boy's Clubs Boxing Competition1 March 1938
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IhamcrodifivLondon Federation of Boys' Clubs Annual Boxing Championships Finals1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1700George VI (1895-1952); British King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1938-1947)
DS/UK/1723HRH; Henry William Frederick Albert (1900-1974); Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; British Prince, son of King George V
DS/UK/1372London Federation of Boys' clubs; 1887-; English boys' organisation
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