Record

Performance TitleRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 1979
Performance Date10 November 1979
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersGeneral Sir Charles Jones,
Air Vice-Marshal C G Maughan,
Rt. Rev. Gerald A Ellison,
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Henry Farrelly,
Rev. A Raymond George - speakers

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,
Royal Fleet Auxiliary,
Royal Naval Auxiliary Service,
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 (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
The Royal Observer Corps,
St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
The British Red Cross Society,
The Metropolitan Police,
The Women's Land Army,
The Women's Royal Voluntary Service,
The Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association,
In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
The Royal Naval Display Team,
No.1 Ammunition, Inspection and Disposal Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Joint Services Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Air Force (RAF) Chessington,
Junior Leaders' Regiment, Royal Engineers Display Unit, Royal Corps,
The Sea Cadet Corps,
Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps

Anne Shelton - vocal,
Alan Spedding - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Guards Division,
State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
Band of HM Royal Marines
ConductorsLt.-Colonel R A Ridings,
Captain T Freestone
Set List'Fanfare',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Procession

Demonstration of Nelsonian Period Gun Drill (Royal Naval Display Team, HMS Excellent),
Demonstration (No.1 Ammunition, Inspection and Disposal Unit, Royal Amy Ordnance Corps),
Medical Rehabilitation Display (Joint Services Medical Rehabilitation Unit, RAF Chessington)
Hymn, 'City of God, How Broad and Far'
Hymn, 'The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Has Ended'

Community Singing:
'I've Got Sixpence',
'I'll Be Seeing You',
'Roll Out the Barrel',
'Underneath the Lantern',

Service:
'Land of Hope and Glory',
The Last Post,
Act of Remembrance (Sir Charles Jones),
Hymn, 'O Lord of Life, Whose Power Sustains'
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1979/178)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/178Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 197910 November 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Lakoimys_XeakRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 19792
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit 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/8922Merchant Navy; 1835-; English maritime merchant service
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/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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/1476St John Ambulance; 1877-; British medical service
DS/UK/15134St Andrew's First Aid; 1882-; Scottish charity
DS/UK/1475International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; British Red Cross Society; 1870-; International humanitarian organisation
DS/UK/234Metropolitan Police Service; 1829-; British law enforcement organisation
DS/UK/17785Women's Land Army (WLA); 1915-1949; British civilian organisation
DS/UK/3217Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA); fl 1887-; British armed forces charity
DS/UK/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/2585Royal Navy; Sea Cadet Corps (SCC); 1854-; British youth organisation
DS/UK/12053Jones; Sir; Charles (1906-1988); GCB CBE MC; English army general
DS/UK/6440Shelton; Anne (10 November 1923-31 July 1994); OBE; English vocalist
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