Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1955 [Private]
Performance Date5 November 1955
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRoyal Navy,
Royal Marines,
Army,
Royal Air Force (RAF),
Merchant Navy,
Home Guard,
Chelsea Pensioners

Women's Auxiliary Services - 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)

Boys of HMS Ganges,
Army Physical Training Corps,
Royal Horse Guards,
King's Troop, RHA,
5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards,
Royal Scots Greys,
10th Royal Hussars,
Royal Army Service Corps,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Physical Training Display Team, Halton, Bucks,
Royal Air Force (RAF) School of Physical Training, St. Athan, Glamorgan

H L Tucker,
Martindale Sidwell - organ
Secondary PerformersRt. Rev. J L Wilson,
Rev. F P Copland Simmons,
Sir Ian Fraser
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Band of HM Royal Marines (Plymouth Group),
Trumpeters of The Life Guards
ConductorsMajor F J Harris,
Captain W Lang
Set List'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
'Hornpipe' (Boys of HMS Ganges),
Quick March - 'The Army of The Nile', Alford (Band of HM Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
Slow March - 'Pomp and Circumstance No.4', Elgar, arr. Lang (Band of HM Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
Evening Hymn - 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended', Scholefield, arr. Lang (Band of HM Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'The Holy City', Adams, arr. Lang (Tucker, Band of HM Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Sunset', Green (Band of HM Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Here We Are! Here We Are!',
'Oh, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside',
'She's A Lassie from Lancashire',
'If You Were The Only Girl in The World',
'Keep Right On To The End of The Road',
'Fantasia in G Major', Bach (Sidwell),
Hymn - 'Now Thank We All Our God',
Hymn - 'Abide With Me',
'The Last Post',
The Act of Remembrance (Sir Ian Fraser),
'Reveille',
Hymn - 'Onward, Christian Soldiers!',
'God Save the Queen' (National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh,
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,
HRH Princess Margaret,
HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC television from 19:00.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1955/142)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/142British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19555 November 1955
Work
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/12533Royal Air Force; Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF); 1918-1994; British women's branch of the Royal Air Force
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/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/1375British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/8922Merchant Navy; 1835-; English maritime merchant service
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/2331British Army; The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC); 1918-; British Army Corps
DS/UK/8819Sidwell; Martindale (1916-1998); English organist, composer, teacher
DS/UK/8928Fraser; Sir; Ian (1897-1974); English member of parliament, businessman, life peer
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/1885British Army; HM Band of the Life Guards; 1795-; British Army Band
DS/UK/18709Harris; F J (fl 1950s); British conductor
DS/UK/18930British Army; Home Guard; 1940-1944; British volunteer defence organisation
DS/UK/18936British Army; King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery; 1947-; British Army ceremonial unit
DS/UK/18938British Army; 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards; 1922-1992; British Army regiment
DS/UK/18933British Army; Royal Horse Guards (RHG); 1650-1969; British Army cavalry regiment
DS/UK/18944British Army; Royal Scots Greys; 1678-1971; British Army cavalry regiment
DS/UK/18946British Army; 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own); 1715-1969; British Army cavalry regiment
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