Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1966 [Private]
Performance Date12 November 1966
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRoyal Navy,
Royal Marines,
Royal Naval Reserve,
Royal Marine Reserve,
Merchant Navy,
Army,
Territorial Army,
Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
St. John Ambulance Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
Civil Defence Services,
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)

Plymouth Command,
206 Company,
Royal Pioneer Corps,
Western Command,
Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal AIr Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force (RAF) Physical Training Display Team

Rt. Rev. J L Wilson, Lord Bishop of Birmingham,
Rt. Rev. Monsignor J Roche,
Rev. Norman Goodall, the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council,
Lt.-General Sir Oliver Leese - speakers,
Roy Massey - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Brigade of Guards,
StateTrumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Romford British Legion Boys' Band and Corps of Drums,
Band of HM Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group),
Pipe Band (London Scottish (TA) with Dancers
ConductorsLt.-Colonel C H Jaeger,
Captain L T Lambert
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Procession,
'A Tribute To The British Seaman' (Plymouth Command)

Community Singing:
'Fall in and Follow Me! Fall in and Follow Me!',
'It's a Great Big Shame',
'Sons of The Sea!',
'If You Were The Only Girl in The World',
'Comrades, Comrades'

Service:
'Elegy', C H H Parry (Roy Massey),
'Now Thank We All Our God',
'Abide With Me',
The Last Post,
Act of Remembrance (Lt.-Gen. Sir Oliver Leese),
Reveille,
'O Lord of Life, Whose Power Sustains',
'God Save the Queen'
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH Prince Richard,
HRH Princess Alice
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC One television at 19:00 at 12 November 1966 with commentator Raymond Baxter and presenter Dennis Monger.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1966/161)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1966/161British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 196612 November 1966
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yranamiob_MeafBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19662
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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/13024Royal Navy; Royal Naval Reserve (RNR); 1958-; British Royal Navy volunteer reserve force
DS/UK/14454Royal Marines Reserve (RMR); 1948-; British Royal Marines volunteer reserve 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/12544British Army; Army Reserve; 1908-; British Army reserve force
DS/UK/12532Royal Air Force; Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF); 1924-; British Royal Air Force voluntary reserve
DS/UK/1476St John Ambulance; 1877-; British medical service
DS/UK/1475International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; British Red Cross Society; 1870-; International humanitarian organisation
DS/UK/15134St Andrew's First Aid; 1882-; Scottish charity
DS/UK/15136Civil Defence Service; 1935-1945; British civilian volunteer organisation
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
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/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/7350Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC); 1949-1992; British women's army corps
DS/UK/8748Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service; 1918-; British Forces Service
DS/UK/12533Royal Air Force; Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF); 1918-1994; British women's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/13029Royal Air Force; Queen's Colour Squadron; 1960-; British Royal Air Force unit
DS/UK/14449Wilson; John Leonard (1897-1970); KCMG; British Anglican bishop
DS/UK/8802Leese; Sir; Oliver William Hargreaves (1894-1978); 3rd Baronet; British army general
DS/UK/10363Massey; Roy (1934-); MBE; English organist
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/592The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/14010Jaeger; C.H (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/15959Lambert; L.T (fl 1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/16372British Army; Royal Pioneer Corps; 1915-; British Army combatant corps
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