Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1961
Performance Date11 November 1961
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersMajor-General Sir Richard Howard-Vyse,
Rev. R E Fenn,
Dr W VKay - speakers

The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve,
The Merchant Navy,
The Army,
The Territorial Army,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
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)

Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Aircraft Apprentices,
Queen's Colour Squadron,
Musicians, Bandsmen, and Bandswomen of Regiment and Corps of The British Army

Michael Brimer - organ,
Musician P R Greatorex,
Corporal P M Heming,
Musician E C Gaze,
Musician G I Wood - cornets
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group),
Air Training Corps Pipe Band,
Fanfare Trumpeters of The Central Band
ChoirsChoir of The Rumney and St. Mellions Branches of The Legion and of The Women's Section
ConductorsCaptain L H A Arnold,
Lt.-Colonel A Pope
Set List'Fanfare' (Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry),
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem),
'A Life On The Ocean Wave', Russell (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Where E're You Walk', arr. Alford, Dunn (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Drum Beating' (Corps of Drums, Plymouth Group),
'Vanished Army', Alford (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Finale' (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'Cornet Carrillon', Binge (Musician P R Greatorex, Corporal P M Heming, Musician E C Gaze, Musician G .Wood, Crimond' Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'A Ceremonial Setting of Sunset', A C Green (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group)),
'On The Track', Simpson (Musicians, Bandsmen, and Bandswomen of Regiment and Corps of The British Army),
'The Two Imps', Alford (Musicians, Bandsmen, and Bandswomen of Regiment and Corps of The British Army),
Community Singing:
'All The Nice Girls Love a Sailor',
'There's Something About a Soldier',
'England Our Island Home',
'Mademoiselle From Armentieres',
'Just a Song at Twilight'
Service:
'Chorale Prelude on a Theme of Tallis', Harold Drake (Michael Brimer),
'Now Thank We All Our God',
'Abide With Me',
'The Last Post',
The Act of Remembrance (Major-General Sir Richard Howard-Vyse),
Reveille,
'Onward, Christian Soldiers!',
'God Save the Queen'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1961/142)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1961/142British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 196111 November 1961
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oomabydad_MamBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19612
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/11900Vyse; Sir; Richard Granville Hylton Howard- (1883-1962); KCMG DSO JP; British Army cavalry officer
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
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/13024Royal Navy; Royal Naval Reserve (RNR); 1958-; British Royal Navy volunteer reserve force
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/12544British Army; Army Reserve; 1908-; British Army reserve force
DS/UK/12532Royal Air Force; Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF); 1924-; British Royal Air Force voluntary reserve
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
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/12533Royal Air Force; Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF); 1918-1994; British women's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/11902Army School of Physical Training; c1860s-; British Army training establishment
DS/UK/12536Brimer; Michael (1933-); South African pianist, organist, conductor, composer, academic
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/13029Royal Air Force; Queen's Colour Squadron; 1960-; British Royal Air Force unit
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