Record

Performance TitleRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 1973 [Private]
Performance Date10 November 1973
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. Gerald Ellison,
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Francis G Horsfield,
Rev. Albert S Cooper

The Royal Navy,
The Royal Marines,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marine Reserve Merchant Navy,
The Army,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps,
Women's Royal Army Corps,
The Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve,
The Ulster Defence Regiment,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Observer Corps

St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
The Women's Royal Voluntary Service,
Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association,
The Former Civil Defence Corps and Auxiliary Fire Service,
The Young Men's Christian Association,
In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Members of the Royal Corps of Signals,
Rifle Depot of the Light Division,
Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force (RAF) Gymnastic Display Team,
Sir Charles Jones

Simon Lindley - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Guards Division,
State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
Band of the Junior Musicians Troop Royal Artillery,
Band of HM Royal Marines Commander In Chief Fleet,
Junior Bandsmen and Buglers of the Light Infantry Depot Infantry
ChoirsRumney and St.Mellons Royal British Legion Choral Society
ConductorsMajor J H Howe,
WO II B R Carben,
L Pearce,
Captain P A Sumner
Set List'Fanfare',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Fanfare of Trumpets',
'Signal Log' (Members of the Royal Corps of Signals),
'Light Bob' (Junior Bandsmen and Buglers of the Light Infantry Depot, Rifle Depot of the Light Division)

Community Singing:
'High in The Hills',
'Oh Shine On, Shine On Harvest Moon',
'Underneath The Lantern',
'You Made Me Love You',
'England Our Island Home',

Service:
Hymn, 'All People That On Earth Do Dwell',
Hymn, 'The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended',
'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 Princess Anne, The Princess Royal,
Captain Mark Philips,
HRH Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother,
HRH Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent,
HRH Princess Alexandra,
Honourable Angus Ogilvy
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC One from 21:00-22:30. The event was recorded by BBC Sound.

Prime Minister Edward Heah and Mr Wilson were in boxes next to the Royal Box. For the first time at the festival the new standard of the Legion, incorporating the Crown was on view. The Legion became 'Royal' in 1971.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1973/179)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1973/179Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 197310 November 1973
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iohaziemon_KclRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 19732
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4987The Band of the Royal Corps of Signals (1938)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/10926Ellison; Gerald (1910-1992); English anglcan clergy and bishop
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
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/12534Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS); 1884-; British nursing branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/1375British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/12535British Army; [DUPLICATE] Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC); 1902-; British nursing branch of the Army
DS/UK/7350Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC); 1949-1992; British women's army corps
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/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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/13879Lindley; Simon (1948-); British organist, choirmaster, conductor and composer
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
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