Record

Performance TitleRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 1972 [Private]
Performance Date11 November 1972
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. Gerald Ellison (Lord Bishop of Chester),
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Thomas H McDonagh,
Rev. Doctor Irvonwy Morgan,
Sir Charles Jones - speakers,
Keith Rhodes - organ

The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Reserve Merchant Navy,
The Army,
The Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve,
The Ulster Defence Regiment,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment,
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Observer Corps,
St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
Royal National Life-Boat Institution,
Women's Transport Service (FANY),
Old Contemptibles' Association,
The Home Guard,
In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
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),
Junior Ratings Of Naval Home Command,
No.1 Radio School, Royal Air Force (RAF), Locking
Junior Soldiers of the Queens Division,
School of Army Physical Training
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Guards Division,
State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
Band of the Junior Musicians and Pipes and Drums of the Junior Guardsmans Wing Household Division,
Band of HM Royal Marines Commando Forces,
Central Band of the Women's RAF
ConductorsMajor J H Howe,
Major W Jackson,
Captain W W Shillitto
Set ListFanfare,
Procession,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Fanfare of Trumpets

Community Singing:
'I Want to Be Happy',
'Wish Me Luck, As You Wave Me Good-bye',
'Just a Wee Deoch-an-Doris',
'Good-bye Dolly, I Must Leave You',
'There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding'

Service:
'NowThank We All our God',
'Abide With Me',
'The Last Post',
Act of Remembrance (Sir Charles Jones),
'Reveille',
Hymn, 'O Lord of Life, Whose Power Sustains',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
HRH Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent,
HRH Princess Alexandra,
Mr Angus Ogilvy
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC One from 21:00-22:30.
Prime Minister Edward Heath and Leader of the Opposition Mr Wilson were in attendance.
Four members of the Ulster Defence Regiment, the newest regiment in the British Army, took part for the first time in the muster at the beginning of the festival.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1972/191)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/xbjxkexTOSnEu
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1972/191Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 197211 November 1972
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oilafetoh_KiezRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 19722
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/10926Ellison; Gerald (1910-1992); English anglcan clergy and bishop
DS/UK/1373British Armed Forces; Royal Navy; 15th Century-; British navel unit of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/1476St John Ambulance; 1877-; British medical service
DS/UK/1475International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; British Red Cross Society; 1870-; International humanitarian organisation
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/2058The Old Contemptibles Association; 25 June 1925-; British military association
DS/UK/12534Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS); 1884-; British nursing branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/12535British Army; [DUPLICATE] Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC); 1902-; British nursing branch of the Army
DS/UK/8748Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service; 1918-; British Forces Service
DS/UK/7501Women's Auxiliary Air Force; 1939-; Auxiliary woman's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/11902Army School of Physical Training; c1860s-; British Army training establishment
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
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