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Performance TitleRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 1985 [Private]
Performance Date9 November 1985
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersGeneral Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson,
Rt. Rev. Gerald A Ellison,
Father John Seabrook,
Rev.Kenneth Slack - speakers,
Moira Anderson - vocal,
Michael Fleming - organ

Veterans of the Great War,
Normandy Veterans,
The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Reserve,
Royal Fleet Auxiliary,
Royal Naval Auxiliary Service,
Merchant Navy,
The Army,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps,
Women's Royal Army Corps,
The Territorial Army,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Observer Corps,
Representatives of Associations and Support Groups,
Burma Star Association,
Normandy Veterans Association,
Dunkirk Veterans Association,
The Victoria Cross and George Cross Association,
Distinguished Conduct Medal League
Military Medallists League
Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women
British Korean Veterans Association,
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association,
British Normandy Veterans Association,
Combined Services Association,
The Commando Association (1940-46),
The Fellowship of the Services,
Isle of Man Joint Ex-Services Association,
The Monte Casino Veterans Association,
The National Federation of Far Eastern Prisoner-of-War,
Clubs and Associations,
The Normandy Campaign Association,
The ''Not Forgotten'' Association,
St. Dunstan's,
West Indian Ex-Servicemen's Association (UK),
Royal Marines Association,
Association of Wrens,
Admiralty Ferry Crew Association,
Coastal Forces Veterans Association,
1st Destroyer Flotilla (1942-1945) Association,
10th Destroyer Flotilla,
HMS ''Barham'' Survivors Association,
HMS ''Burnham'' Association,
Royal Indian Navy (1612-1947) Association,
The Royal Naval Commando Association,
Royal Naval Patrol Service,
Telegraphist Air Gunners Association,
VAD (RN) Association,
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Association,
Army Catering Corps Association,
The Blues and Royals Association,
British Women's Land Army Society,
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regimental Association,
The Chindits Old Comrades Association,
The Coldstream Guards Association,
The Devonshire Regiment Old Comrades Association,
The Dorset Regiment Association,
The Durham Light Infantry Association,
The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Association,
Eighth Army Veterans Association,
Gloucestershire Regimental Association,
The Green Howards Association,
Huddersfield and District Army Veterans Association,
Indian Cavalry Officers Association,
Irish Guards Association,
The King's Own Royal Border Regiment Association,
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regimental Association,
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Regimental Association,
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Association,
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry,
Lancashire Fusiliers,
17th/21st Lancers Regimental Association,
The Life Guards Association,
The London and Home Counties Branch Old Comrades Association,
Duke of Wellington's Regiment,
London Irish Rifles Regimental Association,
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire),
Memorable Order of Tin Hats (The Moths),
The Parachute Regimental Association,
The Past and Present Association The Buffs,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association,
The Queen's Own Buffs Regimental Association (The Queen's Regiment),
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment,
Queen's Royal Irish (and 8th Hussars) Association,
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers,
Queen Victoria's Rifles Association,
182 Railway Operating Company,
Rats of Tobruk Association,
The Regimental Association of the Middlesex Regiment,
The Regimental Association of the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales),
Royal Army Medical Corps Charitable Funds and Association,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Association,
Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Association,
Royal Army Veterinary Corps Association,
Royal Artillery Association,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment Old Comrades Association,
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Past and Present Association,
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Association,
Royal Engineers Association,
Royal Fusiliers,
The Royal Hampshire Regiment Comrades Association,
13th/18th Royal Hussars,
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) Old Comrades Association,
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards,
Royal Military Police Association,
The Royal Norfolk Regimental Association,
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers,
Royal Pioneer Corps Association,
The Royal Regiment of Wales,
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys Regimental Association),
Royal Warwickshire Regimental Association,
The Royal Welch Fusiliers Comrades Association,
The Sherwood Foresters Association,
South Lancashire Regiment,
Welsh Guards Association,
The Wiltshire Regiment Old Comrades Association,
The Women's Royal Army Corps Association,
Women's Transport Service (FANY),
The Worcestershire Regimental Association,
York and Lancaster Regimental Association,
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron,
The Aircrew Association,
Air Gunner's Association,
Air Transport Auxiliary Association,
Eagle Squadron Association,
Royal Flying Corps/Royal Naval Air Service Association,
RAF Regiment South East Asia Command Association
Royal Air Forces Ex-POW Association,
The Church Army,
London Ambulance Service,
London Fire Brigade,
Metropolitan Police,
National Council of YMCAs,
Royal National Lifeboat Institution,
St. Andrews Ambulance Association,
The British Red Cross Society,
HM Coastguard,
Metropolitan Special Constabulary,
National Voluntary Civil Aid Services,
St. John Ambulance,
The Salvation Army,
Soldiers',Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association,
Toc H,
Women's Royal Voluntary Service,
In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
47 Air Dispatch Squadron RCT,
Continuity Drill Team of The Queen's Colour Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force Halton Gymnastics Display Team,
Royal Naval Display Team from HMS Dryad
Orchestra or BandBands of the Guards Division,
Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
National Band of the Royal British Legion,
The Corunna Band of the Light Infantry,
Band of HM Royal Marines Commander-in-Chief Fleet
ChoirsThe Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Cross and Attendants Singers
ConductorsLt.-Colonel R A Ridings,
Captain E P Whealing
Set ListCommunity Singing:
'Sing As We Go',
'Roll Out the Barrel',
'I'll Be Seeing You',
'We're Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line',
'The Lambeth Walk',
'We'll Meet Again'

'Royal Fanfare', (Trumpeters),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Air Dispatch in Action' (47 Air Dispatch Squadron R.C.T),
'A Band Marching Display' (Corunna Band of the Light Infantry, Continuity Drill Team of The Queen's Colour Squadron, RAF, RAF Halton Gymnastics Display Team, Band of H.M.Royal Marines Commander-in-Chief Fleet),
'Window Ladder Display' (Royal Navy Display Team from HMS Dryad),
'Sunset' (Band of HM Royal Marines Commander-in-Chief Fleet)

Service:
Hymn - 'Now Thank We All Our God',
Hymn - 'Abide With Me',
'The Last Post',
'Act of Remembrance' (General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson),
'Reveille',
Hymn - 'O Lord of Life, Whose Power Sustains',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh,
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,
HRH Prince Andrew,
HRH Princess Anne,
HRH The Duchess of Kent,
HRH Prince Michael of Kent,
HRH Princess Michael of Kent,
HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
Performance NotesMrs John Dugdale, Air Vice-Marshal Richard Peirse, Major Hugh Lindsay, Ruth Lady Fermoy, Major Sir Ralph Anstruther Bt, and Miss Sarah Partridge were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1985/148)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1985/148Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 19859 November 1985
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eanaxikois_GeagRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 19852
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/3143Queen Elizabeth II; Queen; Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (21 April 1926-8 September 2022); Queen of the British Isles, Constitutional Monarch of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Defender of the Faith
DS/UK/2597The Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Philip (1921-2021); British royal family member, consort to Queen Elizabeth II
DS/UK/1368Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002); HM; British Queen consort of King George VI
DS/UK/8943Princess Anne, The Princess Royal; Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise (1950-); British royal family member
DS/UK/13277HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968); British royal family member
DS/UK/8941Prince Michael of Kent (1942-); British royal family member
DS/UK/8942Princess Michael of Kent (1945-); British royal family member
DS/UK/8935HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944-); British royal family member
DS/UK/8936Duchess of Gloucester; Birgitte (1946-); Danish-born wife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
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