Record

Performance TitleDekho! Burma Reunion 1957
Performance Date7 June 1957
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersLillian Rowley Girls,
Stainless Stephen,
The Eric Roger Group,
Humphrey T Tilling - narrator,
Jamie Barnes - speaker

Vera Lynn,
Lee Young,
Hetty Ward - vocals

June Birch - trumpet,
Reg Kemish - organ,
John Stiles,
Barry Gray,
Monty Stevens -pianos
Secondary PerformersEarl Mountbatten of Burma,
Countess Mountbatten of Burma,
Brigadier Sultan Mohammed,
Group-Captain V Sri Hari,
Group-Captain Salah Ud Din,
Lt.-Colonel Mohan Mukand Singh,
Commander R Pandon,
Sir Arthur J Power,
Sir Harold T C Walker,
Sir A K Poland,
Sir Sydney Raw,
Sir C R Hardy,
Sir Montagu Stopford,
General Sir Geoffrey Scoones,
Lt.-General E N Goddard,
Maj-General D C Hawthorn,
The Earl of Bandon,
Mrs L St. John
Orchestra or BandRoyal Artillery (Plymouth) Band,
1st.Bn. London Scottish The Gordon Highlanders (TA) Pipes and Drums
ChoirsReg Clamtree Trio,
The Butlins Choir
ConductorsCaptain A Underwood,
Glyn Johns
Set List'The Happy Wanderer',
'Jerusalem', Parry

Speech (Earl Mountbatten)
Performance NotesLady Mountbatten was also present.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1957/68)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/mupmuoWmuiLUR1
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1957/68Dekho! Burma Reunion 19577 June 1957
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ymovaiduv_SoomDekho! Burma Reunion 19571
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2214Stainless Stephen (1892-1971); English comedian
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/8801Gray; Barry (1908-1984); British musician, composer
DS/UK/6716Mountbatten; Lord; Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas (1900-1979); 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS; British statesman, naval officer
DS/UK/3648Mountbatten; Lady; Edwina Cynthia Annette (1901-1960); Countess Mountbatten of Burma; English heiress, socialite, relief-worker, wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, last Vicereine of India.
DS/UK/7281Power; Sir; Arthur (1889-1960); GCB GBE CVO; English navy officer
DS/UK/8803Walker; Sir; Harold Thomas Coulthard (1891-1975); British naval officer
DS/UK/8806Scoones; Sir; Geoffrey Allen Percival (1893-1975); British General in the British Indian Army
DS/UK/9955Tilling; Sir; Thomas Humphrey (1910-1991); British lawyer
DS/UK/9956Ward; Hetty (fl 1957-1958); British vocalist
DS/UK/9957Birch; June (c.1934); British trumpeter
DS/UK/9958Kemish; Reginald "Reg" (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist
DS/UK/9959Stiles; John (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist, organist, conductor
DS/UK/9960Stevens; Monty (fl 1957); British pianist
DS/UK/9961Mohammed; Sultan (fl 1957-1959); Pakistani military advisor
DS/UK/9962Raw; Sir; Sydney Moffatt (1898-1967); British Royal Navy officer
DS/UK/9963Stopford; Sir; Montagu George North (1892-1971); British Army officer
DS/UK/9964Goddard; Eric Norman (1897-1992); British Army officer
DS/UK/9965Hawthorn; D C (fl 1950s); British Army officer
DS/UK/9966Bernard; Air Chief Marshal; Percy (30 August 1904-8 February 1979); 5th Earl of Bandon, GBE CB CVO DSO; Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Royal Air Force commander
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