Main Performers | Huw Edwards, Captain Sir Tom Moore, HRH Prince of Wales, HRH Duchess of Cornwall, Julian Ovenden, Samantha Morton, Kara-Leah Fernandes, Nina Toussaint-White, Norman Bartlett (RN Veteran), The Right Reverend James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle and National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion, Lieutenant General James Bashall CB CBE, National President of the Royal British Legion - speakers
Freya Ridings - vocal, piano, Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Marisha Wallace, Laura Main, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ramin Karimloo - vocals |
Secondary Performers | Chelsea Pensioners, Swing Dance Troop
Second World War Veterans Seated in the Hall: Jean Owtram (FANY), Pat Owtram (WRNS), Norman Bartlett (RN), Mervyn Kersh (Army), Rajindar Singh Dhatt (Indian Army), Frank Ashleigh (Army), Albert Jarret (RAF) |
Orchestra or Band | Band of HM Royal Marines, Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, RAF Shades of Blue Big Band |
Conductors | Lieutenant Colonel Simon Haw - music arranger, conductor |
Set List | Introduction (Huw Edwards), 'Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye' (Trumpeters and Band of HM Royal Marines, Mark De-Lisser Singers), '(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover' (Mark De-Lisser Singers, Marisha Wallace), Address (HRH Prince of Wales), Video - Nightingale Hospitals, Huw Edwards - Sir Captain Tom Moore, Video - Captain Sir Tom Moore, Interview (Captain Sir Tom Moore, Huw Edwards), 'Lost Without You' (Freya Ridings), Huw Edwards - The Battle of Britain, Video - Battle of Britain, Recitation - 'High Flight' (Julian Ovenden), Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, Huw Edwards - Chelsea Pensioners, Video from the Royal Hospital Chelsea - 'The Old Brigade', E Slater, F weatherly (Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Chelsea Pensioners), Huw Edwards - 75th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War, Recitation - Diary Entry of Elsie Brown, East End Housewife (Samantha Morton), Video - End of the War, Swing Music Intro and 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree', G Miller (Laura Main, RAF Shades of Blue Big Band, Swing Dance Troop), 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' (Laura Main, RAF Shades of Blue Big Band, Swing Dance Troop), Recitation - Testimony of Vernice Parkinson (Kara-Leah Fernandes), Video - The Far Eastern War and VJ Day (Veterans - Jean Outtram, Pat Outtram - FANYS , Norman Bartlett - Royal Navy, Mervin Kersch, Vijindar Singh Dat, Frank Ashley, Albert Jarret), Recitation (Nina Toussaint-White), Tribute to Dame Vera Lynn (Swing Dance Troop), Ovation for Veterans - Jean and Pat Outtram, Norman Bartlett, Mervin Kersch, Vijindar Singh Datt, Frank Ashley, Albert Jarret, Address (Norman Bartlett, Royal Navy), Huw Edwards - Korean War, Video - Korean War, Band of HM Royal Marines, Huw Edwards - Present Day Conflicts Video - Tribute to by the Mother and Sister of Lance Corporal Brody Gillam, Killed in Iraq 2019, 'Amazing Grace' (Mica Paris, Band of HM Royal Marines, Mark De-Lisser Singers), Laying of the Drums and Standards, Muster (Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Merchant Navy, Civilian Services, Royal British Legion), Salute (Garrison Sergeant Major Andrew Stokes), Video - Covid-19 Critical Care (Flight Lieutenant Laura Foster, Corporal Apassara Wichaisri), 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', Arlen (Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Band of HM Royal Marines, Mark De-Lisser Singers), Book of Remembrance (Flight Lieutenant Laura Foster, Corporal Apassara Wichaisri, representatives of the nursing profession), Address - Gratitude for Nurses (Duchess of Cornwall), The Service: Address (Right Reverend James Newcome), 'The Lord's Prayer' (Mark De-Lisser Singers), Prayer (Right Reverend James Newcome), 'I Vow To Thee, My Country' (Ramin Karimloo, Band of HM Royal Marines), Blessing (Right Reverend James Newcome), Recitation - 'For the Fallen', L Binyon (Lieutenant General James Bashall CB CBE), 'The Last Post' (Army Bugler), Two Minute Silence and Poppy Drop, Trumpeters, Recitation - 'They Gave Their Today', J M Edmunds (Lieutenant General James Bashall CB CBE), Lowering of the Standards (Trumpeters, Band of HM Royal Marines, Mark De-Lisser Singers), Closing Blessing (Right Reverend James Newcome), 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) |
Royal Presence | HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, HRH Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall |