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Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Service and Remembrance 1944 [Private]
Performance Date11 November 1944
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersQueen Alexandra's Royal Navy Nursing Services,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service,
Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Queen Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force,
Royal Navy,
Royal Marines,
The Army,
Royal Air Force (RAF),
Merchant Navy,
Ordinary Seaman John Stratton,
Lt. John Penrose,
Wren Wright,
Tel. Higbee,
Sig. S Madden,
Coder C Barrett,
Lt. Frederick Harvey (Royal Naval Reserve),
Sig. J Robson,
Sig. J Boys,
Tel. E Palmer,
Sig. Mountstephens,
Students of the Army School of Physical Training,
Chelsea Pensioners,
Legionaries,
Sea Cadets,
Army Cadet Corps,
Air Training Corps

Dean and Chapter of Westminster - speaker,
Sergeant John Lewis,
Leading Seaman Thomas Peat,
LACW Joan Wood - vocals,
Dr O M Peasgood,
Flight-Sgt. Lionel Smith - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands (Scots Guards Band, Irish Guards Band, Royal Military School of Music Trumpeters),
HM Royal Marines Orchestra
ConductorsCaptain S Rhodes,
Captain G H Willcocks,
Captain F Vivian Dunn,
Lieutenant M Roberts,
Squadron Leader Ralph Reader MBE
Set ListThe Muster - 'Fanfare of Trumpets' (Standards of the Legion, Pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, The Defence Services, The Royal Navy and the Royal Marines, The Army, The Royal Air Force, The Merchant Navy, The Women's Auxiliary Services),
The Festival,
'Fanfare',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Three Interludes:
Royal Navy - 'It Is Upon The Navy' (Pageant in Five Scenes), Penrose (Ordinary Seaman John Stratton, Captain F Vivian Dunn, Lt. John Penrose, Wren Wright, Tel. Higbee, Sig. S Madden, Coder C Barrett, Lt. Frederick Harvey, Sig. J Robson, Sig. J Boys, Tel. E Palmer),
Army - Physical Training Display (Students of the Army School of Physical Training),
Royal Air Force - '..and those who keep us flying high...', Squadron Leader J Davis,
As a Nation - Sing (Chelsea Pensioners, Legionaires, Men and Women of Present Forces, Sea Cadets, Army Cadet Corps, ir Training Coprs, Audience, John Lewis, Thomas Peat),
The Remembrance:
The Procession -
'Fanfare Prelude', Dunn (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Drake's Drum' (Songs of The Sea), Stanford (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Minuet' (Berenice), Handel (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. Sargent (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'And These Who Keep Us Flying High' (Squadron Leader Jack Davis),
'O God Our Help in Ages Past', W Croft, I Watts,
Prayer (Dean of Westminster),
Hymn, 'Jerusalem', Parry,
'Last Post',
The Act of Remembrance,
'Reveille',
Poppy Fall,
'The Lord's Prayer',
The Blessing,
'Land of Hope and Glory', E Elgar (Joan Wood),
'For Heroes', A Bliss,
'For a Cheerful Occassion', Bax
Performance NotesJ R Griffin - organiser,
Squadron Leader Ralph Reader - producer,
Flight-Lieutenant Cracknell - assistant producer,
Albert Lock - AC.

The King and Queen had been due to attend, however did not owing to the death of her Majesty's father, the Earl of Strathmore.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/93)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/93Festival of Service and Remembrance11 November 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Sol_TiemifiexBritish Legion - Festival of Service and Remembrance 19441
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6346Oscar; Henry (1891-1969); British actor
DS/UK/2608Royal Navy; The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS); 1917-1993; British women's branch of the Royal Navy
DS/UK/1961Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS); 1938-1949; British women's branch of the British Army during WWII.
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/2331British Army; The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC); 1918-; British Army Corps
DS/UK/2585Royal Navy; Sea Cadet Corps (SCC); 1854-; British youth organisation
DS/UK/6530Army Cadet Force; 1859-; British youth organisation
DS/UK/2955Air Training Corps (ATC); 1941-; British military youth group
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/251Royal Military School of Music; 1857-; British military music school
DS/UK/6483Dunn; Sir; Francis Vivian (1908-1995); KCVO OBE FRSA; Music director, conductor
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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