Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1963 [Private]
Performance Date9 November 1963
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. J L Wilson,
Rev. Principal J Ithel Jones,
Lt.-General Sir Oliver Leese - speakers

Royal Navy,
Royal Marines,
Royal Naval Reserve,
Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve,
Merchant Navy,
Army,
Territorial Army,
Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAF),
St.John Ambulance Brigade,
British Red Cross Society,
Chelsea Pensioners

Women's Forces - Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Women's Royal Naval Service, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Women's Royal Army Corps, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service, Women's Royal Air Force (RAF)

Radio Operators from HMS ''Mercury'',
HM The Queen's Colour Squadron,
Army School of Physical Training (Aldershot)

Peter White - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group),
Air Training Corps Pipe Band,
Fanfare Trumpeters of The Central Band,
No.1903 (Penge) Squadron ATC Band
ChoirsRoyal Air Force (RAF) Music Services Choir
ConductorsMajor C H Jaeger,
Captain L H A Arnold
Set ListFanfare (Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry),
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem),

Community Singing:
'Sing As We Go',
'I Love a Lassie',
'Roses Are Shining in Picardy',
'She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain When She Comes',
'Singing Hi Hi Yippyippy Hi',
'Just a Song At Twilight'

Service:
'Solemn Melody', Walford Davies (Peter White),
'Now Thank We All Our God',
'Abide With Me',
The Last Post,
Act of Remembrance (Lt.-General Sir Oliver Leese),
Reveille,
'Onward, Christian Soldiers!',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh,
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,
HRH Princess Margaret, The Countess of Snowdon,
The Earl of Snowdon,
HRH Duke of Gloucester,
HRH Duchess of Gloucester
Performance NotesThe event was televised by the BBC at 19:00 on 9 November 1963.

HM The Queen was not in attendance as she was expecting Prince Edward and therefore stopped public engagements.

Sir Alec Douglas-Home carried out his first public engagement as Prime Minister at this event. He shook hands and chatted with Mr Harold Wildon.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1963/171)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/ndXne98neLYQZe
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/171British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19639 November 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ainahypuz_MoomBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19632
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/8802Leese; Sir; Oliver William Hargreaves (1894-1978); 3rd Baronet; British army general
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/13024Royal Navy; Royal Naval Reserve (RNR); 1958-; British Royal Navy volunteer reserve force
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/12532Royal Air Force; Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF); 1924-; British Royal Air Force voluntary reserve
DS/UK/12544British Army; Army Reserve; 1908-; British Army reserve force
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/8924Chelsea Pensioners (1689-)
DS/UK/12534Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS); 1884-; British nursing branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/12535British Army; [DUPLICATE] Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC); 1902-; British nursing branch of the Army
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
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/12533Royal Air Force; Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF); 1918-1994; British women's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/13029Royal Air Force; Queen's Colour Squadron; 1960-; British Royal Air Force unit
DS/UK/11902Army School of Physical Training; c1860s-; British Army training establishment
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/14010Jaeger; C.H (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/13373Arnold; L H A (fl.1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/8176Wilson; J. Arnold (fl 1916-1923); Major; British boxing promotor
DS/UK/14450Jones; John Ithel (1911-1980); Welsh Baptist minister, college principal
DS/UK/14451White; Peter Gilbert (1937-2007); English organist
DS/UK/14452Air Training Corps (ATC) Pipe Band; fl 1940s-; British military youth band
DS/UK/14454Royal Marines Reserve (RMR); 1948-; British Royal Marines volunteer reserve infantry
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