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Performance TitleSalvation Army - Flag Day Demonstration
Performance Date6 June 1918
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersGeneral Bramwell Booth,
Mrs Booth - speakers
Secondary PerformersWar-workers,
Soldiers and sailors
Orchestra or BandUnited Bands including a Woman's Wartime Band
Set List'In The War Zone' - Realistic Tableaux, Limelight Effects showing:
Wounded Cared For,
Widows and Fatherless Visited,
Service Men Catered For,
First Aid in Air Raids,
Hospital Visitation (War-workers, soldiers and sailors)
Performance Notes"General Booth will preside this evening at a demonstration in the Albert Hall to illuminate the war activities of the Salvation Army...The scenes at the Albert Hall to-night will illustrate the ambulance and hospital equipment, the Salvation Army military hut, and communal kitchens at home."
(The Times, 6 June 1918)

The event preceded the flag-day collections in London on Friday and Saturday on behalf of the war work of the Salvation Army. A contribution of £100 to the Salvation Army was donated by the King and a message sent by Sir Douglas Haig.
Related Archival MaterialHandbill (RAHE/6/1918/)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ixasioliehit_TSalvation Army - Flag Day Demonstration1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2001Booth; Florence Eleanor Soper (1861-1957); English wife of Bramwell Booth, Second General of The Salvation Army and women's social work pioneer
DS/UK/420Booth; William Bramwell (8 March 1856-16 June 1929); CH; British Second General of the Salvation Army
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