Record

Performance TitleDekho! Twenty-Ninth Burma Reunion
Performance Date26 April 1975
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersSpecial Guests of the Burma Star Association:
Captain HRH Prince Michael of Kent,
Brigadier M A Hussain,
Brigadier J M Vohra,
Lt.-Colonel Foe Myint,
General A C Wedemeyer,
General Sir Roy Bucker,
General Sir Charles Jones

Members of the Burma Star Association:
Earl Mountbatten of Burma,
Colonel-Viscount Slim,
Major-General W E V Abraham,
Captain E W Bush,
Lt.-Colonel G R A Brooking,
Air Vice-Marshal Sir B Chacksfield,
General Sir Hugh Stockwell,
Lt-General Sir Reginald Savory,
Major-General G M Dyer,
Major-General Wilson-Haffenden,
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Victor Goddard,
Air Vice-Marshal S F Vincent,
Brigadier The Rt. Hon. Sir John Smyth,
A E Slater,
A St. Pierre,
A E Creighton

Representing the Armed Services of India:
Commodore C L Sachdeva,
Air Commodore Chandan Singh

Representing the Armed Services of Pakistan:
Captain T K Khan,
Group Captain G A Khan

Representing the Armed Services of the USA:
Colonel James M McGarity,
Colonel Thomas G McInerney,
Colonel James P Kehoe

Miss Kitty Gillow,
Bernard Spear,
''R'' Commando Company, Royal Marines Unarmed Combat Display Team

Vera Lynn - vocal,
Frances Taylor - violin,
William Davies - organ
Secondary PerformersDennis Hedges - piano
Orchestra or BandRegimental Band of the Welsh Guards,
The Wimbledon Girl Singers,
Band of the Corp of Royal Engineers (Chatham),
Pipers of the School of Technical Training Royal Air Force (RAF) Halton
ConductorsRobert Coates
Set ListOrgan Recital (William Davies),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
An Act of Remembrance,
'O God, Our Help in Ages Past',
Procession of Standards,
Entrance of the Platform Party,
Pipers of the School of Technical Training,
Speech (Earl Mountbatten of Burma),
Speech (Colonel Viscount Slim)

Burma Reunion Concert:
Regimental Band of the Welsh Guards,
The Prologue,
Radio-Television - Cabaret (The Wimbledon Girl Singers),
The Personality Male (Miss Kitty Gillow),
Band of the Corp of Royal Engineers (Chatham),
Miss Frances Taylor,
Royal Artillery Gun Flashes 1939-1945 (Bernard Spear),
''R'' Commando Company, Royal Marines Unarmed Combat Display Team,
Vera Lynn

'Keep Right On To The End of The Road'
Royal PresenceHRH Prince Michael of Kent
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1975/50)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1975/50Dekho! Twenty-Ninth Burma Reunion26 April 1975
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Maxenowt_XagDekho! Twenty-Ninth Burma Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8941Prince Michael of Kent (1942-); British royal family member
DS/UK/11247Bucher; Sir; Roy (1895-1980); English commander-in-chief of the Indian army
DS/UK/12053Jones; Sir; Charles (1906-1988); GCB CBE MC; English army general
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/12593Slim; John Douglas (1927-2019); OBE2nd Viscount Slim; British peer, soldier
DS/UK/15163Stockwell; Sir; Hugh (1903-1986); British soldier and general
DS/UK/15164Savory; Sir; Reginald (1894-1980); British Indian Army officer
DS/UK/15165Goddard; Sir; Victor (1897-1987); English commander in the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/12757Smyth; Sir; John George (1893-1983); 1st Baronet; British Indian Army officer, Conservative politician
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/9805Davies; William (1921-2006); British composer, organist, harpsichordist, pianist
DS/UK/7932Phillips; Frank (fl 1940s-1970s); English broadcaster
DS/UK/3025Burma Star Association; 1951-; British veterans' association
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