Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance 1936
Performance Date11 November 1936
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersChelsea Pensioners,
WRAF,
QMAAC,
WRNS,
FANY,
Territorial Army Nursing Service,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force,
Nursing Service,
British Red Cross Society,
St. John Ambulance Brigade,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
Male Staff, British Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Brigade,
RAF,
Overseas Forces,
23rd (London) Armoured Car Company,
London Irish Rifles,
London Scottish,
London Division RA,
2nd Cavalry Signals (Middlesex Yeomanry),
Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets,
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
Royal Naval Reserve,
Royal Marines,
Royal Navy,
Training Ship ''Stork'' Boys,
10th London Regiment
13th London Regiment
24th London Regiment

HM King Edward VIII,
Rev. E H Thorold - speakers
Secondary PerformersMr F W Holloway - organ
Orchestra or BandHM Brigade of Guards Massed Bands:
Coldstream Guards,
Irish Guards,
Welsh Guards,
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Drums and Fifes,
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards,
1st.Battalion Welsh Guards,
1st Battalion Irish Guards Pipers,
Trumpeters of the Life Guards,
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards Drummers
ChoirsLondon College of Choristers,
London Church Choirs
ConductorsMajor Andrew Harris,
Lieutenant J L Hurd,
Lieutenant J C Windram
Set List'Fanfare of Trumpets' (Trumpeters of The Life Guards),
'God Save the King',
March and Chorus: 'Pack Up Your Troubles' (Massed Bands),
Regimental Marches: 'British Grenadiers' (Massed Bands),
'St. Patrick's Day' (Massed Bands),
'Highland Laddie' (Massed Bands),
'Men of Harlech' (Massed Bands),
'Jock O'York' (Massed Bands),
'Old Towler' (Massed Bands),
'Lass O'Cowrie' (Massed Bands),
'Huntsmen's Chorus' (Massed Bands),
'The Wiltshire' (Massed Bands),
'Lancashire Lad' (Massed Bands),
'A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky' (Massed Bands),
'One and All' (Massed Bands),
'Kynegad Slashers' (Massed Bands),
'The Windsor' (Massed Bands),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning' (Massed Bands),
March and Chorus: 'The Boys of The Old Brigade' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
March: 'The Great Little Army' (Massed Bands, WRAF, QMAAC, WRNS, FANY),
March: 'The Great Little Army' (Massed Bands, Territorial Army Nursing Service, Princess Mary's Royal Air ForceNursing Service, British Red Cross Society, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, Male Staff, British Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance Brigade),
March and Chorus: 'Tipperary' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
March and Chorus : 'Soldiers of The King',
March: A Life On The Ocean Wave',
March: 'Heart of Oak',
March: 'A Life On The Ocean Wave' (Massed Bands, Training Ship ''Stork'' Boys),
'Rule Britannia' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
March: 'Old Comrades', (Massed Bands),
War Time Choruses: 'The Long, Long Trail' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'Ship A-Hoy' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'Who's Your Lady Friend?' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'If You Were The Only Girl in The World' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
March: 'All King's Men',
'Land of Hope and Glory' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
Intermezzo: 'The Sacred Hour', Ketelby (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'Be Strong And Of A Good Courage' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
Anthem: 'I Vow To Thee, My Country', Elgar,
Hymn: 'Eternal Father (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
'Last Post' (1st. Bn. Grenadier Guards Drummers),
'The Supreme Sacrifice' (London College of Choristers, London Church Choirs),
Recitation - They Shall Not Grow Old, L Binyon (The King),
Poppy Drop,
'Reveille' (1st. Bn. Coldstream Guards Drummers, Trumpeters, Life Guards),
Hymn: 'Victory', P Da Palestrina (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
Recessional: 'Eventide' (Massed Bands, F WHolloway),
National Anthem: 'God Save the King' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
Grand March: 'Homage', Haydn Wood (Massed Bands, F W Holloway)
Royal PresenceHM King Edward VIII
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on National radio at 20:00 with a descriptive commentary by Captain H B T Wakeham.

"...As soon as the performance began, the limelight was turned off the Royal box and the king, like most of the audience, lit a cigarette.
Mr Laurence Binyon was in the next box to hear the King recite his line."
(The Daily Telegraph, 12 November 1936)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1936/58)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1936/58British Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance 11 November 1936
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OsokaibcrifebBritish Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance 19361
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/2184Edward VIII (1894-1972); British King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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