Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1949 [Private]
Performance Date5 November 1949
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersThe Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
The Army,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Merchant Navy,
Chelsea Pensioners,
Women's Auxiliary Services,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force,
1st Battalion Scots Guards,
Royal Ulster Rifles,
London Irish Rifles (18th London Regiment)

John Snagge,
Dean of Chichester,
Sir Ian Fraser - speakers,
Squadron Leader Ralph Reader - vocal,
H A Hawkins - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Brigade of Guards:
Grenadier Guards,
Coldstream Guards,
Scots Guards,
Irish Guards,
Welsh Guards,
Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Pipes and Drums of The Irish Guards,
Royal Ulster Rifles Bugles,
Massed Bands of The Royal Marines,
War Memorial Trumpeters of The Royal Naval School of Music
ConductorsCaptain F J Harris,
Lieutenant W Lang,
Captain D A Pope,
Major S Rhodes,
Lieutenant C H Jaeger,
Lieutenant F L Statham,
Captain T Francis
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Organ Soli, 'Suite Gothique', Boellmann (H A Hawkins),
'Hurst March', Hawkins (H A Hawkins),
'Largo', Handel (H A Hawkins),
'The Day Thou Gavest' (H A Hawkins),
'Musette and Minnet', Handel (H.A.Hawkins),
'Fanfare', Curzon (Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'Fanfare', Bliss (Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'Life on The Ocean Wave', R Alford (Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'Largo', Handel (Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'Ship Ahoy' (Nautical March), Mackenzie (Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'The Day Thou Gavest',(Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'The Sunset', Green (Massed Bands of The Royal Marines),
'Fame and Glory', Matt, arr. Godfrey (Massed Bands of The Brigade Of Guards),
'Nautical Moments', Winter, arr. Duthoit (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Hearts of Oak', Boyce, arr. Binding (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'RAF March Past', Walford-Davies (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Life On The Ocean Wave', R Alford (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Great Little Army', R Alford (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Boys of The Old Brigade', Myddleton (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Eton Boating Song', Kaps, arr. Retford (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'La Reine De Saba', Gounod (Massed Bands of The Brigade Of Guards),
'Largo', Handel, (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Galop' (Orpheus in The Underworld), Offenbach (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'She's a Lassie From Lancashire' (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling', Brown (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Beer Barrel Polka', Firman, Vejvoda, arr. Carver (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning', arr. D Godfrey (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Light of Foot', arr. D Godfrey (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'One The Square', Panella, arr. D Godfrey (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Washington Post', Sousa (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Skater's Waltz', Waldteufel (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Open Your Window' (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'On Ilkla Moor' (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Loch Lomond' (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'Fanfare' (No.2 of 6 Brilliant Fanfares), Benjamin (Massed Bands Of The Brigade of Guards),
'Roll Out The Barrel',
'Voluntary in E Minor', John Stanley (H A Hawkins),
Hymn, 'Now Thank We All Our God',
Hymn, 'Abide With Me',
Hymn, 'Onward Christian Soldiers',
'Allegro Pomposo', Roseingrave (H A Hawkins)
Royal PresenceHM King George VI,
HM Queen Elizabeth,
HRH Princess Elizabeth,
HRH The Princess Margaret
Performance NotesCountess Spencer, Sir Ulick Alexander and Captain Sir Harold Campbell RN were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/254),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/39)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/254British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19495 November 1949
RAHE/8/7/1949/8Festival of Remembrance set list5 November 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iotazcvix_BynBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19492
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/6747Snagge; John Derrick Mordaunt (1904-1996); OBE; British newsreader, commentator
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/1375British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/8922Merchant Navy; 1835-; English maritime merchant service
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/1963Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC); 1918-1920; British women's army corps
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/1961Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS); 1938-1949; British women's branch of the British Army during WWII.
DS/UK/7501Women's Auxiliary Air Force; 1939-; Auxiliary woman's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/8925Royal Ulster Rifles; 1793-1968; British Army infantry regiment
DS/UK/8926London Irish Rifles; 1920-; British volunteer rifle regiment
DS/UK/8927Jones; Arthur Duncan (1879-1955); Anglican priest
DS/UK/8928Fraser; Sir; Ian (1897-1974); English member of parliament, businessman, life peer
DS/UK/6867Reader; Ralph (1903-1982); CBE; British actor, director, producer
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
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/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/592The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/593The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Collingwood; British military band
DS/UK/591The Royal Marines School of Music; Massed Corps of Drums of Her Majesty's Royal Marines; 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/7365Statham; F L (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
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