Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 1946 [Private]
Performance Date11 November 1946
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersStandards of the Legion,
Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines,
The Army,
The Royal Air Force,
The Merchant Navy,
The Sea Cadet Corps,
The Army Cadet Force,
The Air Training Corps,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
The Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force,
Seamen Boys of HMS St.Vincent,
Young Soldiers 4th Field Training Regt RA,
Boys' Battery RA,
ATS of AACommand, RA,
Royal Air Force (RAF) Aircraft Apprentices,
Reunion Theatre Association,
Katherine Page,
Captain D A Mehan,
Harold Ayer,
Lionel Gamlin,
Gillian Maude

Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music,
Trumpet and Bugle Band of Boys' Battery RA,
Pipe and Fife and Military Bands, RAF, Halton
ChoirsThe Londonairs,
Choir of HM Chapels Royal
ConductorsMajor T S Chandler,
Captain M Roberts,
Captain F J Harris,
Captain A J Thornburrow,
Lieutenant D A Pope,
Bandmaster L E Hunting,
Captain S Rhodes,
Captain G H Willcocks,
Major T S Chandler
Set List'Fanfare', Ketelby,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'The Story of the Poppy', Harry Alan Towers (Reunion Theatre Association, Katherine Page, Capt.D.A.Mehan, Harold Ayer, Lionel Gamlin, Gillian Maude),
'O God, Our Help in Ages Past',
'I Vow To Thee, My Country',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Crown Imperial', Walton (Massed Bands of The Brigade of Guards),
'There's A Long, Long Trail A-Winding',
'It's A Long Way To Tipperary',
'K-K-K-Katy, Beautiful Katy',
'Keep The Home Fires Burning',
'Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty',
'Keep Your Sunny Side Up, Up',
'It's a Lovely Day To-morrow'
Royal PresenceHRH King George VI,
HRH Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
HRH Queen Mary,
HRH Princess Elizabeth,
HRH Princess Margaret
Performance NotesThis festival marks the silver jubilee of the British Legion.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio Home Service from 19:00-19:25.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1946/265)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/265British Legion - Festival of Remembrance 194611 November 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OmaxiodiexifclBritish Legion - Festival of Remembrance 19462
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/1374Royal Navy; British Armed Forces; The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines; 1664-; British marine corps and amphibious infantry
DS/UK/1375British Armed Forces; British Army; 1707-; British land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/1456Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund; 1919-; British military welfare charity
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/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/6630Gamlin; Lionel James (1903-1967); British radio and newsreel announcer, presenter, actor
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
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/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/2435British Army; The Royal Horse Guards Band; 1805? -; British military band
DS/UK/251Royal Military School of Music; 1857-; British military music school
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/1700George VI (1895-1952); British King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1938-1947)
DS/UK/1368Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002); HM; British Queen consort of King George VI
DS/UK/1116Mary of Teck (1867-1953); British Queen consort of King-Emperor George V
DS/UK/3143Queen Elizabeth II; Queen; Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (21 April 1926-8 September 2022); Queen of the British Isles, Constitutional Monarch of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Defender of the Faith
DS/UK/8981HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002); British royal family member
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