Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance, Silver Jubilee Year 1935
Performance Date11 November 1935
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersWRAF,
QMAAC,
WRNS,
Territorial Army Nursing Service,
Princes Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service,
British Red Cross Society,
St. John Ambulance Brigade,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Male Staff, British Red Cross Society,
Male Staff, St. John Ambulance Brigade,
RAF,
Overseas Forces,
The British Army:-
Armoured Car Company,
London Irish Rifles,
London Scottish,
47th Divisional RA,
Middlesex Yeomanry,
Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets,
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Navy,
Training Ship ''Stork'' Boys

Earl Jellicoe,
Rev. J D S Parry-Evans - speakers,
Mr F W Holloway - organ
Orchestra or BandHM Brigade of Guards Massed Bands:
Welsh Guards,
Irish Guards,
Coldstream Guards,
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Drums and Fifes,
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards,
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Drummers,,
1st Battalion Irish Guards Pipers,
Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters
1st Battalion Irish Guards Drummers
ChoirsLondon Choir School Choristers
ConductorsMajor Andrew Harris,
Lieutenant J L Hurd,
Lieutenant J C Windram
Set List'Colonel Bogey On Parade', Alford (Welsh Guards),
Selection: 'The Shamrock', Middleton (Irish Guards),
'Fifty Years of Song', Aubrey Kenneth (Coldstream Guards),
'Fanfare of Trumpets', (Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters),
'God Save the King' (Massed Bands, F W Holloway),
March and Chorus: 'Pack Up Your Troubles' (Massed Bands),
Regimental Marches 'The Rising Of The Lark' (Massed Bands),
'Dumbartons Drums' (Massed Bands),
'We'll Gang Nae Mair To Yon Toun' (Massed Bands),
'Highland Laddie' (Massed Bands),
'Dashing White Sergeant' (Massed Bands),
'A Hundred Pipers' (Massed Bands),
'Young May Moon' (Massed Bands),
'The Red Rose' (Massed Bands),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning' (Massed Bands),
March and Chorus: 'The Boys of The Old Brigade' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
March: 'The Great Little Army' (WRAF, QMAAC, WRNS, Massed Bands),
March: 'The Great Little Army' (Massed Bands),
March and Chorus: 'Tipperary' (Mased Bands, Reginald Paul),
March and Chorus: 'Soldiers of The King',
March: 'A Life On The Ocean Wave',
March: 'Heart of Oak',
March: 'Boys-Be Prepared' (Reginald Paul),
Training Ship ''Stork'' Boys,
'Rule Britannia' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
March: 'Old Comrades' (Massed Bands),
War Time Choruses 'The Long,Long Trail' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'Ship A-Hoy' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'Who's Your Lady Friend?' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'Keep the Home Fires Burning' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'If You Were The Only Girl In The World' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
March: 'Light of Foot' (Drums and Fifes),
'Land of Hope and Glory' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'To a Flanders Poppy', Valerie D'Orme (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
'Be Strong and of a Good Courage' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
Anthem: 'The Souls of The Righteous', Noble,
'Recessional' (Reginald Paul),
'Last Post' (2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Drummers),
'The Supreme Sacrifice' (London Choir School Choristers),
'Reveille', (1st Battalion Irish Guards Drummers, Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters),
Hymn: 'Victory', P Da Palestrina (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
Recessional: 'Eventide' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
National Anthem: 'God Save the King' (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul),
Grand March: 'With Honour Crowned', Ketelby (Massed Bands, Reginald Paul)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duke of York,
HRH The Duchess of York
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC Radio.
The Royal Party were attended by the Hon. Mrs Geoffrey Bowlby abnd Rear-Admiral Sir Basil Brooke.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1935/61)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1935/61British Legion Festival of Empire and Remembrance11 November 1935
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YgomoodiemifokBritish Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance, Silver Jubilee Year 19351
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2412Paul; Reginald (fl 1926-1930s); British pianist, organist
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/3017Holloway; Frederick William (1873-1954); English organist, composer
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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