Record

Performance Title	British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1960 [Private]
Performance Date	12 November 1960
Performance Day	Saturday
Performance Time	19:00
Main Performers	Rt. Rev. J L Wilson, Dr W W Kay, Major-General Sir Richard Howard-Vyse - 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 (RAF), 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) Romford British Legion Boys' Band, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards Dancers, Highland Brigade Junior Soldiers Training Unit, Royal Air Force (RAF)Boy Entrants, Royal Air Force (RAF) Physical Training Instructors, Royal Air Force (RAF) Physical Training Team Michael Brimer - organ, Bandmaster Roy Morgan - cornet
Orchestra or Band	Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards, Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry, Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group), Pipes and Drums of The 1st and 2nd Battalions, Scots Guards
Choirs	Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals Choir
Conductors	Major F L Statham, Captain K A McLean
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 (Portsmouth Group)), 'Land And Sea', Alford (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group)), 'On The Square', Panella (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group)), 'Jellalabad', James (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group)), 'The Lost Chord', Sullivan-Roy Morgan (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group)), 'Rule Britannia', Arne (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group)), 'Sunset Call', A C Green (Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Portsmouth Group)), 'Roamin' in The Gloamin', 'Sing As We Go', 'Keep The Home Fires Burning', 'Keep Your Sunny Side Up', 'It's The Soldiers of The Queen,My Lads', 'Elegy', G Thalben-Ball (Michael Brimer), Hymn - 'Now Thank We All Our God', Hymn - 'Abide With Me', 'The Last Post', 'Act of Remembrance' (Richard Howard-Vyse), 'Reveille', Hymn - 'Onward Christian Soldiers', 'God Save the Queen'
Royal Presence	HM Queen Elizabeth II, HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh HRH Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Performance Notes	The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were presented with gold badges of the British Legion before they entered the Royal Box on Saturday by Major-General Sir Richard Howard-Vyse for outstanding service. The event was broadcast on BBC television at 19:00. In attendance in the Royal Box were Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Captain Peter Harvey, and Major Noor Ahmed Husain.
Related Archival Material	Programme (RAHE/1/1960/163)

Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/1/1960/163	British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1960	12 November 1960

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Owmab_Kaid_Saig	British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1960	2

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236	Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/5477	Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/1376	British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/7365	Statham; F L (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/9955	Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
DS/UK/1373	British Armed Forces; Royal Navy; 15th Century-; British navel unit of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/1374	Royal Navy; British Armed Forces; The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines; 1664-; British marine corps and amphibious infantry
DS/UK/8922	Merchant Navy; 1835-; English maritime merchant service
DS/UK/1375	British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/12544	British Army; Army Reserve; 1908-; British Army reserve force
DS/UK/12532	Royal Air Force; Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF); 1924-; British Royal Air Force voluntary reserve
DS/UK/8924	Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/12534	Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS); 1884-; British nursing branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/12535	British Army; [DUPLICATE] Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC); 1902-; British nursing branch of the Army
DS/UK/2608	Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/7350	Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC); 1949-1992; British women's army corps
DS/UK/8748	Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service; 1918-; British Forces Service
DS/UK/12533	Royal Air Force; Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF); 1918-1994; British women's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/11900	Vyse; Sir; Richard Granville Hylton Howard- (1883-1962); KCMG DSO JP; British Army cavalry officer
DS/UK/12538	Morgan; Roy (fl 1950s-1960s); British cornet player, bandmaster
DS/UK/592	The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/2392	British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/12543	British Army; Junior Leaders; c1955-c1995; British Army regimental junior training scheme
DS/UK/12536	Brimer; Michael (1933-); South African pianist, organist, conductor, composer, academic
DS/UK/12546	McLean; K.A (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/13024	Royal Navy; Royal Naval Reserve (RNR); 1958-; British Royal Navy volunteer reserve force

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