Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1970
Performance Date7 November 1970
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersGeneral Sir Charles Jones,
Rt. Rev. Gerald Ellison
Rt. Rev. Monsignor James O'Sullivan
Rev. Doctor John Marsh - speakers

The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Reserve Merchant Navy,
The Army,
The Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment,
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Observer Corps,
St. John Ambulance Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
Soldiers',Sailors', And Airmen's Families Association,
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),
Women's Royal Voluntary Service,
Former Civil Defence Corps and Auxiliary Fire Service,
No.1 Radio School, Royal Air Force (RAF), Locking,
RAF Hullavington,
Queen's Colour Squadron of The Royal Air Force (RAF),
Soldiers of 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery,
Soldiers of 29 Commando Light Regiment Royal Horse Artillery,
Soldiers of 17 Training Regiment Royal Artillery,
The Royal Signals,
Army School of Physical Training,
Royal Marines Barracks, Eastney, Portsmouth

John Jordan - organ
Secondary PerformersHumphrey Tilling - narrator
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Guards Division,
StateTrumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Central Band of The Women's Royal Air Force (RAF),
Trumpeters of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery,
Band of Junior Leaders Regiment Royal Artillery,
Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth
ChoirsNaval Choir of The Plymouth Command
ConductorsMajor J H Howe,
Lt. D Sogden,
Captain J R Mason
Set List'Fanfare' (State Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Community Singing:
'Oh Shine On, Shine On Harvest Moon',
'Keep Right On To The End of The Road',
'Oh, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside',
'It's A Long Way To Tipperary',
'We'll Meet Again',
Service:
'Now Thank We All Our God',
'The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended',
The Last Post',
Act of Remembrance' (General Sir Charles Jones),
'Reveille',
'O Lord of Life,Whose Power Sustains',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1970/164)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1970/164British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19707 November 1970
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oitapowtiv_RowpBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19702
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5478The Band of The Parachute Regiment; 1947-; British military band
DS/UK/10926Ellison; Gerald (1910-1992); English anglcan clergy and bishop
DS/UK/10928O'Sullivan; James (fl 1970s); Monsignor; Scottish roman catholic priest
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/5812Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR); 1903-1958; British volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy
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/7501Women's Auxiliary Air Force; 1939-; Auxiliary woman's branch of the Royal Air Force
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/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
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