Record

Performance TitleRoyal Artillery Association Rally
Performance Date1 May 1948
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMaster Gunner, Field-Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke,
Lionel Gamlin - speakers

Dorothy Ward,
Vera Lynn,
Stanley Holloway - vocals,
Lieutenant P S Rodway - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Royal Regiment of Artillery
ConductorsMajor O W Geary
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Fanfare of The Royal Regiment of Artillery', Frederick Curzon,
'Regimental Marches' (Massed Bands of The Royal Regiment of Artillery),
'The Story of The Royal Regiment of Artillery', Lionel Gamlin,
'If You Were The Only Girl in The World',
'Let The Great Big World Keep Turning',
'The Screw Guns',
'Lili Marlene',
'Triumphal March', Karg Elert (Lieutenant P S Rodway),
'Trumpet Voluntary', Purcell (Lieutenant P S Rodway),
'Suite Gothique', Boellman (Lieutenant P S Rodway),
'Largo', Handel,(Lieutenant P S Rodway),
'Crown Imperial March', Walton (Lieutenant P S Rodway)

Pageant - The Story of the Royal Regiment.

Address (Field-Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke)

Massed Bands of The Royal Regiment of Artillery:
'Crown Imperial March', Walton,
'Greensleeves', arr.Wood,
'Cherry Ripe', arr.Scott,
'English Folk Sq Suite', Williams,
'Lover in Damascus', arr.Woodford Finden,
'Soldiers of The Queen', Monckton,
'Roses of Picardy', Haydn Wood,
'Come Back To Sorrento', De Curtis,
'Tipperary',
'The White Cliffs of Dover',
'Suite in E Flat', Holst,
'Cavalcade Selection', Coward,
'Bless 'Em All',
'Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major',
'Siegfried Line March', Kennedy, Carr,
'Lilliburlero', Alford,
'Jolly Shipmates', arr.Barsotti,
'Wings Over Britain March', Hughes,
'Old Panama March', Alford,
'Spirit of Youth', Gilbert
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC Radio Light Programme from 20:45-21:15.

This was the first rally ever held of the Royal Artllery Association.

A feature of the reunion was a display of guns and artillery equipment in Kensington Gardens from 16:00.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/122),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/20)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6Q6XvG6vGV3dY
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/122The Royal Artillery Association Rally1 May 1948
RAHE/8/7/1948/4Royal Artillery Association Rally set list1 May 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ioroxowlowz_BobRoyal Artillery Association Rally1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6630Gamlin; Lionel James (1903-1967); British radio and newsreel announcer, presenter, actor
DS/UK/7976Ward; Dorothy (1890-1987); English vocalist
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/6371Holloway; Stanley Augustus (1890-1982); OBE; English actor
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