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Performance TitleDekho! Burma Reunion 1959
Performance Date5 June 1959
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersCavalcade Dancing Troupe,
Wesley Hall Boys' Club,
Boy Scouts Association,
Church Lads' Brigade,
Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
Peter Sellers,
George Lacey

Vera Lynn,
Kenneth Macdonald,
Hetty Ward - vocals,
Reg Kemish - organ
Secondary PerformersGeneral Sir Francis Festing,
Lady Festing,
Burmese Ambassador,
Mrs Aung Soe,
Captain R S David,
High Commissioner for Pakistan,
The Begum Yousuf Khan,
Lt. Colonel M S Chatterjee,
Wing Commander P D Chopra,
Brigadier Sultan Mohammed,
Commander M A K Lodi,
Group Captain Salahuddin,
General Sir Roy Bucher,
Admiral Sir Harold T Walker,
General Sir Campbell Hardy,
General Sir Robert Mansergh,
General Sir D Gracey,
Major General Sir Herbert Rance,
Sir W Alec Coryton,
Sir Hugh Sanders,
Mrs I St. John
Orchestra or BandBand of The Coldstream Guards,
Royal Artillery Orchestra,
Pipes and Drums of The 1st Battalion London Scottish, Gordon Highlanders (TA)
ChoirsThe Butlin Choir
ConductorsMajor Douglas A Pope,
G R Crowhurst,
Glyn Jones
Set List'Keep Right On To The End of The Road'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1959/63)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/63Dekho! Burma Reunion 19595 June 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ygamaisown_SyfDekho! Burma Reunion 19591
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/165Scouts Association; 1907-; International youth organisation
DS/UK/250Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade; 1901-; British Christian youth organisation
DS/UK/7331Sellers; Peter (1925-1980); British film actor, comedian, singer
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/9956Ward; Hetty (fl 1957-1958); British vocalist
DS/UK/9958Kemish; Reginald "Reg" (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist
DS/UK/9961Mohammed; Sultan (fl 1957-1959); Pakistani military advisor
DS/UK/11247Bucher; Sir; Roy (1895-1980); English commander-in-chief of the Indian army
DS/UK/8803Walker; Sir; Harold Thomas Coulthard (1891-1975); British naval officer
DS/UK/7282Coryton; Sir; Alec (1895-1981); KCB KBE DFC MVO DFC RAF; Royal Air Force commander
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/2640British Army; Royal Artillery Band; 1762-; British military band
DS/UK/4488British Army; Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; 1793-1961; British infantry regiment
DS/UK/9751Jones; Glyn (fl 1950s); Welsh conductor
DS/UK/7988Pope; Douglas (fl 1940s-1960s); Captain; British Director of Coldstream Guards band 1944
DS/UK/11744Festing; Sir; Francis Wogan (1902-1976); GCB, KBE, DSO, DL; British Army field marshal
DS/UK/11745Hardy; Sir; Campbell Richard (1906-1984); KCB CBE DSO; British Royal Marines officer
DS/UK/11746Mansergh; Sir; Eric Carden Robert (1900-1970); GCB KBE MC; British Army General
DS/UK/11747Gracey; Sir; Douglas David (1894-1964); KCB KCIE CBE MC; British Indian Army officer
DS/UK/11749Saunders; Sir; Hugh William Lumsden (1894-1987); GCB, KBE, MC, DFC; South African Royal Air Force commander
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