Record

Performance TitleDekho! Twenty-Third Burma Reunion
Performance Date26 April 1969
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJean Belmont,
John Blythe,
204 (Wembley) Cadet Coy,
Captain K J Jeffery,
214 (Kingsbury) Cadet Squadron RE,
Captain A W Humphries,
Eddie Molloy,
Queenie Masters,
Jean Bailey,
Edna Biddlecombe,
Gyp Wiggans

Vera Lynn - vocal,
Reg Kemish - organ,
Dorothy Iddon - piano
Secondary Performers'Bill' Slim,
The Earl of Bandon,
Sir Harold T C Walker,
Sir Robert Mansergh,
Sir Hugh Stockwell,
Major General W E V Abraham,
Major General G M Dyer,
Major General D C Hawthorn,
Rt. Hon. Sir John Smyth,
Captain Eric Bush,
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. J D Slim,
A E Creighton,
A St.Pierre,
A E Slater,
E Pickering,
U Basaw,
Madame Basaw,
Major General R K Batra,
D Subia,
K K Sanjana,
S A Hasan,
K M Hussain,
Wing Commander Aslam
Orchestra or BandBand of The Scots Guards,
Women's Royal Air Force (RAF) Central Band,
Pipes and Drums of the London Scottish Regiment
ChoirsMetropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
ConductorsMajor J H Howe,
John Watson
Set ListAn Act of Remembrance,
'O God, Our Help in Ages Past',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Keep Right On To The End of The Road'
Performance Notes23rd Burma Reunion.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1969/50)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/50Dekho! Twenty-Third Burma Reunion26 April 1969
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Omahcdop_R_MDekho! Twenty-Third Burma Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9680Blythe; John (31 October 1921-24 November 1993); English actor
DS/UK/7932Phillips; Frank (fl 1940s-1970s); English broadcaster
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/9958Kemish; Reginald "Reg" (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist
DS/UK/15211Iddon; Dorothy (fl 1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/6584Slim; William Joseph "Bill" (1891-1970); 1st Viscount Slim; British military commander, Governor General of Australia
DS/UK/9966Bernard; Air Chief Marshal; Percy (30 August 1904-8 February 1979); 5th Earl of Bandon, GBE CB CVO DSO; Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Royal Air Force commander
DS/UK/13374Walker; Harold Thomas Coulthard (1891-1975); KCB; British Royal Navy admiral
DS/UK/11746Mansergh; Sir; Eric Carden Robert (1900-1970); GCB KBE MC; British Army General
DS/UK/15163Stockwell; Sir; Hugh (1903-1986); British soldier and general
DS/UK/16686Abraham; Major-General Sir; William (21 August 1897-6 February 1980); CBE FGS; British Army officer
DS/UK/9965Hawthorn; D C (fl 1950s); British Army officer
DS/UK/12757Smyth; Sir; John George (1893-1983); 1st Baronet; British Indian Army officer, Conservative politician
DS/UK/12593Slim; John Douglas (1927-2019); OBE2nd Viscount Slim; British peer, soldier
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/14009Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Women’s Royal Air Force; c1950-1972; British female military band
DS/UK/11105Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir; fl 1960s-; English choir
DS/UK/12230Howe; J.H (fl 1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/17945Watson; John (fl 1969); British conductor
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