Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1969 [Private]
Performance Date8 November 1969
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. Gerald Ellison,
Rt. Rev. Monsignor James O'Sullivan,
Rev. A R Vine,
Lt.-General Sir Oliver Leese - speakers,
John Jordan - organ

Royal Navy,
Royal Marines,
Royal Naval Reserve,
Royal Marine Reserve,
Merchant Navy,
Army,
Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve,
Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force (RAF)Regiment,
Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
Royal Observer Corps,
St. John Ambulance Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association,
Civil Defence Services,
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

Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
Queen's Division Adult and Junior Soldiers,
Household Division,
HMS Collingwood Ratings,
Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Guards Division,
StateTrumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Halton Apprentice Pipe Band,
Royal Military School of Music Students and Pupils,
Women's Services of London District Spare-Time Musicians
ConductorsMajor R B Bashford,
Captain L T Lambert
Set ListFanfare (State Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)

Community Singing:
'It's The Soldiers of The Queen, My Lads',
'There Was I, Waiting At The Church',
'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag',
Run, Rabbit, Run, Rabbit, Run, Run, Run',
'Daisy, Daisy'

Service:
'Among Our Ancient Mountains',
'Elegy', C H H Parry (John Jordan),
'Now Thank We All Our God',
'Abide With Me',
The Last Post,
Act of Remembrance (Lt.-Gen.Sir Oliver Leese),
Reveille
'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
HRH Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,
HRH Princess Anne The Princess Royal,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC television at 19:00 on 8 November 1969 with commentator Raymond Baxter.

Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Mrs Wilson, Service Ministers and Chiefs, Commonwealth High Commissioners, and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London were present.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1969/160)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/160British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19698 November 1969
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eagobogug_RionBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19692
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
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/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
DS/UK/8802Leese; Sir; Oliver William Hargreaves (1894-1978); 3rd Baronet; British army general
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/14454Royal Marines Reserve (RMR); 1948-; British Royal Marines volunteer reserve infantry
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/16962Royal Air Force; Royal Observer Corps (ROC); 1925-1995; British civil defence organisation
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/15134St Andrew's First Aid; 1882-; Scottish charity
DS/UK/3217Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA); fl 1887-; British armed forces charity
DS/UK/15136Civil Defence Service; 1935-1945; British civilian volunteer organisation
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/13029Royal Air Force; Queen's Colour Squadron; 1960-; British Royal Air Force unit
DS/UK/592The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/14095Bashford; Captain; Rodney Bowman (1917-8 August 1997); British conductor
DS/UK/15959Lambert; L.T (fl 1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/18270Civil Defence Corps (CDC); 1949-1968; British civilian volunteer organisation
DS/UK/18269Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS); 1938-1968; British civilian volunteer service
DS/UK/18268Royal Voluntary Service; 1938-; British voluntary organisation
DS/UK/18266Jordan; John (1941-2012); British organist
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