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Performance TitleDekho! Burma Reunion 1949
Performance Date17 June 1949
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAdmiral Sir Harold P C Walker,
Vice-Admiral Sir W R Patterson,
Vice-Admiral C S Holland,
Field-Marshal Sir William J Slim,
Lady Slim,
General Sir Montague Stopford,
General Sir George Giffard,
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning,
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Mansergh,
Air Chief Marshal Sir George Pirie,
Air Marshal Sir W Alec Coryton,
Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard,
Air Marshal Sir John E Baldwin,
Air Vice-Marshal C A Bouchier,
Air Commodore The Earl of Bandon,
Colonel Fullerton,
Countess of Limerick,
Lieutenant-Colonel C Gordon Larking,
Senior Commander Mrs M E Douglas,
Mrs Ninian Taylor,
Frank Owen,
Arthur Lewis,
Mr J R Griffin,
Lieutenant-Colonel K B Menon,
Lieutenant.-Commander K K Mukherjee,
Group Captain Shiv Dev Singh,
Brigadier M A Latif Khan,
Lieutenant-Commander S M Ahsan,
Major A I Akram,
Flight-Lieutenant S K Razek

Issy Bonn,
Marie Burke,
Stainless Stephen,
Jack Train,
Michael Howard,
Lind Joyce,
Paula Green,
Cherry Lind,
Helen Trix-Lewis,
Vine, Moore and Nevard,
Edith Lewin,
The Three Toppers (Jack Wells, Charles Durand, Tony Jennings),
Vic Wilfe,
Ron George,
Doug.Rydal,
Jack Barker and Judy Shirley,
Leslie Paul,
Anne Shelton - vocal
Orchestra or BandRoyal Air Force (RAF) Central Band
ConductorsWing Commander A E Sims
Performance NotesBroadcast by the BBC.

"CALL FOR BURMA SPIRIT IN BRITAIN.
C.I.G.S. AT REUNION.
About 800 of the several thousands of ex-Servicemen who attended the Burma Reunion at the Royal Albert Hall last night gathered round the Albert Memorial and in adjacent streets and held a series of reunions before going in. Many had brought their wives, and I saw one or two American Army officers scattered among the groups..."
(The Daily Telegraph, 28 June 1949)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/169)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/169Dekho! Burma Reunion17 June 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ootaroovus_BysDekho! - Burma Reunion 19491
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6595Bonn; Issy (21 April 1903- 21 April 1977); British comedian, singer and actor
DS/UK/8665Burke; Marie (1894-1988); English actress
DS/UK/2214Stainless Stephen (1892-1971); English comedian
DS/UK/6731Train; Jack (1902-1966); British actor
DS/UK/7987Howard; Sir; Michael (1922-); British military historian
DS/UK/8668Joyce; Lind (1918–1971); Engish actress
DS/UK/7024Lind; Cherry (fl 1940s-1960s); British singer-songwriter
DS/UK/8483Owen; Frank (1905-1979); British journalist, Liberal MP
DS/UK/6440Shelton; Anne (10 November 1923-31 July 1994); OBE; English vocalist
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
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