Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1947 [Private]
Performance Date8 November 1947
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRoyal Navy,
Royal Marines,
The Army,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Merchant Navy,
Pensioners of The Royal Hospital,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force,
Margaret Leona,
Irene Ansell,
64th Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Field Wing Depot,
2nd Battalion Scots Guards,
County of London Territorial and Auxiliary, Forces Association,
City of London Territorial and Auxiliary, Forces Association,
County of Middlesex Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association,
No.1 Cookery Instructional Centre, Army Catering Corps,
Seamen Boys of HMS Ganges and HMS St. Vincent,
Airmen and Airwomen of Technical Training Command,
Royal Air Force (RAF) No.15 Anti-Aircraft Squadron, Watchet

Stanley Holloway,
Gladys Ripley - vocals,
Arnold Greir
H A Hawkins - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of The Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Central Band,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force Band
ConductorsMajor T S Chandler,
Captain F J Harris,
Captain D A Pope,
Captain S Rhodes,
Major G H Willcocks,
Major A J Thornburrow
Set List'Fame and Glory March',
'Nautical Moments',
'Life on The Ocean Wave',
'Passing of The Regiments',
'Royal Air Force (RAF) March',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'It's A Long Way To Tipperary',
'Good Bye-ee',
'Greensleeves',
'Ca Ira',
'Soldiers of The Queen',
'Heart of Oak',
'Hornpipe',
'Rule Britannia',
'The Lass That Loves a Sailor',
'Pageantry', (Stanley Holloway),
'Westminster',
'Royal Air Force March',
'Bless 'Em All!' (Stanley Holloway),
'It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow', Irving Berlin (Stanley Holloway),
'Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major', Art Noel, Don Pelosi (Stanley Holloway),
'The White Cliffs of Dover' (Stanley Holloway),
'When You Come Home Dear', W H Squire (Gladys Ripley),
'The Holy City', Stephen Adams (Gladys Ripley),
'Diapaison Mouvement', Stanley,
Hymn, 'Now Thank We All Our God',
Hymn, 'Abide With Me',
'Last Post',
'Reveille',
Hymn, 'Onward Christian Soldiers',
'March of The Rowmen', Curzon,
'Standard of St. George', Alford,
'Fanfare', Bliss,
'Fanfare', R P McDonnell,
'Marche Pontificale', Widor,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Organ Soli, 'Hornpipe' (Water Music), Handel (Arnold Greir),
'Chanson De Matin', Elgar (Arnold Greir),
'Menuet Berenice', Handel (Arnold Greir),
'Menuet and Toccata' (Suite Gothique), Boellmann (Arnold Greir),
'1620 AD', MacDowell (Arnold Greir),
'Imperial March', Elgar (Arnold Greir),
'Two Trumpet Tunes and Air', Purcell (Arnold Greir),
'Trumpet Menuet', Clarke (Arnold Greir)
Royal PresenceHM King George V,
HM Queen Elizabeth,
HM Queen Mary,
HRH Princess Elizabeth,
HRH Princess Margaret
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC Radio Home Service from 21:20-21:45.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1947/252),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/14)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/252British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19478 November 1947
RAHE/8/7/1947/15Festival of Remembrance set list8 November 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
ImoveadoorifuhBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19471
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/1373British Armed Forces; Royal Navy; 15th Century-; British navel unit of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/1375British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch 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/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/7501Women's Auxiliary Air Force; 1939-; Auxiliary woman's branch of the Royal Air Force
DS/UK/6371Holloway; Stanley Augustus (1890-1982); OBE; English actor
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/7502Hawkins; Patrick (fl 1940s); American organist
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/7503Women's Auxiliary Air Force Band; fl 1940s; British military band
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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