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VE Celebrations in Hyde Park. Guildford Choral Society is listed in the programme, but a group of GPC went too.

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Concert

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Programme

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Year:

1995

Date:

May 7th, 1995

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iginal letter sent to all Sainsbury's staff
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For a short time only, six BT Phonecards celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of VE Day are on sale.
It’s a day to remember. And a set of BT Phonecards to treasure.

BT/ Its good to talk

The Ve Day Souvenir Programme

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Chairman Terence Brady

Editor Michael Dewar

Managing Editor Sue Banner
Publisher Anthony
J. Mullarkey
PA to the Editor and Publisher Tracy Williams
Sales Manager Liam Brennan

Art Director Roger Miller
Art Editor Tian Mullarkey

Production Gerry Brady & John Canning
Systems Operatives Marc Young & Jason Sullivan

Reproduction in whole or in part without written
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Foreword by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth Il page 5

Foreword by The Prime Minister, The Right Hon. John Major MP page 7
A Review of World War Il page 8
by Charles Messenger

Songs for Buckingham Palace page 18
Map of The Hyde Park Events page 24

Practical Information page 26

Saturday 6th May page 32

Opening Ceremony Details page 34
Sunday Tth May page 36

Ceremony of Peace and Reconciliation page 38
Monday 8th May page 40

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The Beacon Ceremony & Fly Past Details page 42

List of Exhibitors & Pavilion Detalls page 44

Credits page 48

BBC radio kept

the country’s spirits high
during the war.
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Who better to
help us commemorate
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88-91 FM

Only the BBC brings the nation a whole series of

MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

The Second World War was the most destructive war in history, but

by the summer of 1945 the allies had triumphed over the common enemy.

Since our victory we have been able to live in peace for fifty years and have

rebuilt a country that was exhausted after nearly six years of dedicated

effort.
The events commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the
War are important.

They provide us with an opportunity to remember

what was at stake fifty years ago, to thank those, both military and civilian,
who contributed to victory, and to remember those who died and those

who have survived maimed in mind and body. Above all they provide an

As we look back to those wartime years which so many of us remem-

ber so clearly, let us commemorate with dignity those who contributed to
the victory, and celebrate with joy what they won. 1 hope this book will
encourage all of you who read it to take part in the events taking place

throughout the country in May and August and to make them a
national occasion which the veterans in particular will remember for the
rest of their lives.
ELizABETH R

MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER

We would have lost the right of free speech, the right to choose our govern-

ment and the rule of law. Parliament and the judiciary would have been reduced
to ciphers. We would have been occupied by a foreign power.

Had we and the countries of today’s Commonwealth not held out after the fall

of France, the world we know today could not have existed.

It is a world that has seen huge progress over the fifty years since then. We
are more prosperous, we are better educated, we are better housed. We
look after

the needy better than we did, we give more opportunities to the whole population.
Above all, we in Western Europe gained fifty years at peace.
Without the sacrifices of those who endured the Second World War, we could

not have achieved these things. We live in an era of rapid technological and social

change.

Our task is to take advantage of the opportunities of the 1990s and
beyond. For the sake of our country’s future we must do so. And doing so is also
the best way of ensuring that we will continue to build a better world worthy of the

memory of those who fought and died half a century ago to give us our freedom.

It is fitting that we should use this fiftieth anniversary of the end of the War to
remember and to give thanks, and to resolve that the achievements of our past

should continue to inspire our future. I hope you will find this Programme useful
in helping you to take part, wherever you live, in our anniversary commemorations.

Ag.
May 1995

'BY CHARLES MESSENGER

ngh up'unul 7 May 1945 the day before VE Day
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boats

in 1940 theiattent:on of both sides tumed to Scandmawa The

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ENEER

Left: The Allied command team for D-Day and
the Battle of Normandy.
Right: Men of Number 45 (RM) Commando

in their transit camp before embarking for
Normandy.

Bottom: Winston Churchill giving his famous
Victory Salute.

invaded by the Russians in

120,000 French and Belgian troops

November 1939.

were brought back to England

They also wanted to block the

during 27 May -4 June. Thereafter

export of Swedish iron-ore to

the Germans turned south and after

Germany via the northern

another rapid advance forced the

Norwegian port of Narvik. The

French to capitulate on 22 June.

Germans, on the other hand, saw
Norway as a valuable base from which to wage

Germans who moved first, invading Denmark

the war at sea. It was the

and Norway on 9 April,

Anglo-French forces then made a number of landings
coast, but they were poorly organised and could

on the Norwegian

not prevent the Germans

from sweeping steadily northwards. This forced the
evacuation of all

Allied forces by early June. By 10 May 1940, however,
the German armies

invaded neutral Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
-

armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

into Belgium where river lines provided more

The northern French

reacted by advancing

scope for an effective

defence. But the main German thrust, spearheaded
by tanks,

through the heavily wooded Ardennes region in southern
Forcing their way across the River Meuse, the

came

Belgium.

Germans thrust for the

Channel coast. Faced with a growing threat to their
rear the Allied forces

in Belgium were forced to withdraw, but it was

too late. They found

themselves trapped with their backs to the sea. There
now began what
became known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, when 220,000
British and

The world was stunned by this latest

example of German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightnin

g war') and was
convinced that Britain, now alone, with her empire,
would quickly
succumb. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who
had taken office on the

10th May, had other ideas. He rejected Hitler's offer
of peace negotiations
and vowed to fight on. Hitler had meanwhile set in motion
preparations

for a cross-Channel invasion, but an essential prerequis

ite for success was

gaining air supremacy over the English Channel

and southern England.

This meant destroying the Royal Air Force.

The result was the Battle of Britain, which was waged
in the skies above
southern England from mid-July until the end of October
1940. By early

September, however, Hitler had become discour

aged about the prospects

of a successful invasion and had begun to turn his

eyes elsewhere. At the

same time the German bombers, which had suffered

casualties by day, switched to attacks by night.

increasingly heavy

Now began the Blitz,

Hitler's attempt to bomb Britain into submission.

While London took the
brunt of these attacks, other towns and cities, even as
far north as

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ERTTEEY

Left: German troops
enter Czechoslovakia.

Initially he instituted the policy of LendLease, whereby America, as the
N

“arsenal for democracy', would supply Britain and China, with weapons to
be paid for after the war was over.
In June 1940, just before the fall of France, Mussolini had finally
brought Italy into the war on the German side. This opened up a new
theatre of war, in the Mediterranean and North Africa. Mussolini was

determined to destroy the Royal Navy. The result was a prolonged naval
campaign, which included a spectacular attack by carrier-borne Swordfish

aircraft against Italian ships at Taranto in November 1940 and the Royal
Navy's largest fleet action since Jutland in 1916, at Cape Matapan at the

end of March 1941.
On land British forces in Egypt, Palestine, and East Africa faced vastly
numerically superior Italian forces. These quickly overran British
Somaliland and made incursions into Sudan in August 1940. The

following month more Italian troops crossed into Egypt from Libya, but
halted after advancing 60 miles. Mussolini then turned his attention to the
Balkans. At the end of October he invaded Greece but his troops were
quickly driven back. Then, in December, the British counter-attacked in

Egypt and advanced deep into Libya.

Hitler now decided that he must bail his ally out and in February 1941
Glasgow, suffered. Yet the bombing did not break the will of the British

sent a small battle hardened force under Erwin Rommel to Libya. At the

people, as Hitler had hoped, and in mid-May 1941 the Blitz came to an

same time the British forces in North Africa were weakened by a

end.

requirement to deploy some of them to Greece. Rommel quickly struck at

Continental western Europe had come under the thrall of German

the British in Libya and drove them back into Egypt. Simultaneously, in

occupation. Some people, through political conviction or for selfish ends,

April 1941, Hitler advanced into the Balkans in order to secure his

actively collaborated with the Nazis. Others were determined to resist, but

southern flank for his imminent attack on Russia. Yugoslavia and then

the vast majority of people simply had to get on with living even if this

Greece were rapidly overwhelmed and in May came the daring German

meant a degree of passive collaboration. Many, however, were forced to

airborne assault on Crete. Malta, the one British toehold in the central

work for the occupying power, with a large number being transported to

Mediterranean, was also now under siege and subjected to constant Axis

Germany itself for this purpose.

air attack. Yet, there were some bright spots in this otherwise grim time.

For the Jews of Occupied Europe, life became a nightmare.

A pro-Axis revolt in Iraq was successfully crushed and fears of German

The pre-war Nazi campaign against German Jews was quickly extended

forces deploying to Vichy French Syria and Lebanon removed by a

and soon Jews were either being forced to live in ghettos and gradually

successful invasion of the mandate in June. Furthermore the Italian

starved or they were sent to concentration camps. From early 1942, a

colonies in East Africa were overrun and Emperor Haile Selassie restored

policy of wholesale extermination was introduced and special camps were

to his Abyssinian throne.

constructed for this purpose, mainly in Poland.

The war, however, took on a gigantic new dimension on 22 June 1941

Those who were determined to fight on did so in two ways. Many

when Hitler attacked his erstwhile ally the Soviet Union. Stalin had refused

escaped to Britain, where governments-in-exile were established, and

to listen to warnings from the British and his defences were caught

joined the British armed and equipped Free Forces of their countries.

unprepared, especially since his armed forces were still undergoing a

Others waged war within Occupied Europe and to this end secret

massive reorganisation as a result of their poor showing against the Finns.

Resistance movements were formed within each country. Churchill

Before long the German Panzers were thrusting deep into western Russia

formed the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in summer 1940 to

and the Ukraine, leaving literally hundreds of thousands of dazed Soviet

support them and SOE agents, were inserted into Continental Europe to

troops in their wake.

liaise with the Resistance and to arrange arms drops and act as coriduits

The British naturally welcomed the fact that they were now no longer

for information on German deployments and strengths. Later, the

alone, but were in no position to take much of the increasing German

Americans would form a similar organisation the Office of Strategic

pressure off their new ally. Indeed, all they could do was to maintain their

Services (0SS).

bombing raids on Germany and provide some munitions, as did the USA

While Churchill never wavered from the belief that Britain and the

under LendLease.

Empire could hold out against the Axis powers, he knew that victory

Four factors served to save the Russians. The high tempo of operations

required active American involvement. President Franklin Roosevelt

provoked increasing wear and tear on German troops and vehicles. Many

accepted that his country would eventually be drawn into the conflict and

Russians overrun by the Germans initially welcomed them as liberators,

strove to prepare the US people for it, however, he had to proceed slowly.

little appreciating that Nazi racial theories viewed the Slavs as an inferior

WE’LL EAT AGAIN
One of the most lasting memories

that her daily spoonful of cod liver oil

of the War years was our daily dose

contributed greatly to her snuffle-free

of cod liver oil. Rich in vitamins A and

childhood.

D, cod liver oil supplementation was

Cod liver oil has been used for

recommended by the Government as

centuries as a treatment for muscular

a protection against rickets which

aches and pains, for general health

affected up to 50% of British children

and to ward off infections. Over 200

in the 1930s. In fact, during the War

years

the

Manchester recorded dispensing over

Government

established

ago,

Samuel

Kay

scheme for free distribution of cod

50 gallons of the original cod liver oil

liver oil to children under 5 and

to those with 'almost every lameness'

pregnant and nursing mothers - a

- in truth a variety of bone diseases,

scheme that continued long after VE

arthritis,

Day. My daughter, born in 1943, was

diseases associated with malnutrition.

a true War baby and | am convinced

Surprisingly enough, though, it was

rheumatism

and

other

During the War Marguerite worked for the Ministry
of Food as a cookery advisor and broadcaster. She

has written over 160 books including ‘We’ll Eat
Again’ and ‘Victory Cook Book'.

not until recently that research was
carried out on the active constituents

of this natural substance.

See
how they
grow !

In 1956, Professor Fraser from

the University of Birmingham initiated
an in depth research programme into

the benefits of the oil. It was already

known that cod liver oil was a rich
source of Vitamins A and D, but its

other active components appeared to

have medicinal properties offering
new applications for the product.

Subsequent studies have revealed
that cod liver oil is a rich source of the
long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
that reduce blood triglyceride levels
They’re always proud of

‘

how tall they are getting, but

unless they are evenly nourished
their upward growth may be
at the expense of something else.

Even growth — of strong bone
and healthily rounded body - is the

great boon that SevenSeaS Cod

Liver Oil brings to the young.
For this sea-fresh food has all the

thus helping to maintain a healthy
heart. These fatty acids also have an

anti-inflammatory

effect

which

explains why cod liver oil is so

effective

relieving

the

pain

associated with arthritis and joint

stiffness.
Today, cod liver oil is taken by
over 8 million people every day and

both

husband

and

have

rediscovered its benefits in recent

years. We both suffer from arthritis

plus values — fats, calories and

and find that cod liver oil helps

vitamins — that make sure they never

considerably with our mobility. In fact,

outgrow their strength.

my doctor suggested some years ago
that | might have to have a hip

SevenSeaS scx.rresy roon
Obtainable from all chemists, oil from 1/6, capsules from 1/9.

replacement operation. However,
since taking cod liver oil regularly, |

have found that | am able to move
about without too much trouble - a

definite plus, as | plan to lead an
active life well into my 80’s.

race. Once they realised this, some formed partisan bands which would

increasingly make themselves felt on the long German lines of
communication. Hitler also interfered in the conduct of operations, even
going so far as substituting Russia’s granary, the Ukraine, for Moscow as

the main objective and then changing his mind. The redeployments of

forces inherent in this meant that valuable time was wasted. The Russian

climate also played its part in slowing the German advance. This bought
valuable time in which to deploy reserve forces from Siberia and to
prepare defences in front of Moscow. By early December the German

advance had literally frozen to a halt just 20 miles from the Soviet capital
and the Russians began to counter-attack.

At the same time, many hundreds of miles to the south the British had
Jaunched a counter-offensive against the Axis forces in North Africa. Its
primary objective was to relieve Tobruk, a crucial port in eastern Libya to
which the British had clung after Rommel's spring Blitzkrieg. After days of
fluid but fierce and costly fighting, Tobruk was relieved and Rommel

withdrew the Axis forces out of harm's way.

carrier-based aircraft.

Thus the United States was finally in the war, but America’s entry did not
mean an upturn in Allied fortunes. Indeed, the reverse happened. In the
Pacific the Japanese rapidly swept all before them. Hong Kong, the
Philippines, Singapore, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and Burma quickly
fell and the Japanese were knocking at the gates of India and Australia. In
the Atlantic there was a resurgence of the U-boat threat and Allied shipping
Josses rose sharply. In North Africa Rommel launched a two phase
offensive which drove the British back almost to the Suez Canal by the end
of June. The Soviet Union also came under renewed pressure. Hitler,
foiled in front of Moscow the previous December, now turned his attention

to the oil-rich Caucasus and launched a massive offensive southwards.
Moscow pleaded with the Western Allies to open an immediate Second

Front. The Americans were tempted, but the British feared that an

amphibious assault against Occupied Europe would fail, and used the
Canadian sacrifice at Dieppe in August 1942 as proof. Rather they wanted
first to clear the Axis from North Africa and then knock Italy out of the
war. The Americans were eventually won round and a combined attack on
French North-West Africa was agreed. In the meantime the Allies

‘

On the 7th December the American Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor,

Hawaii, was subjected to a devastating surprise attack by Japanese

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Left: German soldiers at the

Gates of Brest-Litovsk.
Right: Hitler salutes his
rejoicing public.

By now the Germans and their allies had
suffered another serious reverse, on the
Eastern Front. During the late summer 1942
Hitler became mesmerised by Stalingrad
which stands on the River Volga. But Stalin,
too, was determined that the city should not

fall to the Germans. After months of bitter
fighting the German Sixth Army was cut off in

the city, but Hitler forbade it to break out and
it was forced to surrender at the end of

January 1943. Few of its members saw their
homeland again.
The Russians capitalised on their victory and

launched a series of offensives, creating a vast
salient based on the city of Kursk. Hitler was
determined to eradicate this and, after a

number of delays, attacked on 5 July 1943.
The Russians were ready for him and after
eight days of intense fighting Hitler was forced

to halt his attacks.
Hitler's decision was also influenced by the

Allied invasion of Sicily on 10th July, 1943.
This signalled the beginning of the assault on
Europe and meant that Hitler was forced to
pay more attention to the West. It also, within
continued to supply munitions to Russia, but those sent by sea to the
northern Russian ports of Archangel and Murmansk had to run the

two months, brought about the Italian surrender.
But Italy was never to be the Western Allies' main theatre of operations.

gauntlet of German aircraft, U-boats, and warships based in Norway and

Indeed, its main purpose was to draw off the maximum German forces

many merchant vessels were sunk during summer 1942.

from the main target, northern France.

Signs that the tide was beginning to turn did, however, emerge,
especially in the Pacific. In May 1942 the US Navy thwarted a Japanese
attempt to capture Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and the following

A cross-Channel invasion in spring 1944 had been confirmed at the
Anglo-US strategic conference held at Casablanca in January 1943.
But much preparation was needed before this took place. First the

month inflicted a decisive defeat on the Japanese Navy at the Battle of

Allied military strength in Britain, which was to be the mounting base, had

Midway. What was significant about these battles was that they confirmed

to be increased. The scourge of the U-boat in the Atlantic had to be

that the aircraft carrier had taken over from the battleship as the principal

overcome in order to ensure the safe passage of US forces and material.

naval weapon.
In Egypt the British Eighth Army managed to frustrate Rommel's efforts

to reach the Suez Canal and then, in late October and under the command

Germany's ability to wage war had also to be significantly reduced, both
materially and morally. This was to be the task of the Anglo-US strategic

bombing forces in Britain. They developed the concept of ‘round the

of General Bernard Montgomery, struck the Axis defences at el Alamein.

clock' bombing, whereby the Americans attacked industrial targets by day

After ten days of desperate fighting Rommel was forced to withdraw. It

while the RAF struck at cities by night. The detailed planning for

was the last victory of the war by British arms alone. Thereafter

OVERLORD, as the cross-Channel invasion was finally codenamed, began

Montgomery pursued his adversary westwards through Libya. At the same

in earnest in early summer 1943 and Normandy was quickly identified as

time the Anglo-US landings in French North-West Africa under the overall

the best landing area.

command of American General Dwight Eisenhower took place on 8

1943 in the Pacific witnessed encouraging progress for the Allies.

November, with the French forces offering little more than token

Guadalcanal was finally secured in February, and General Douglas

resistance. Thereafter they joined the Allies, but efforts to secure Tunisia

MacArthur carried out further landings in the Solomons and New Guinea

quickly failed and a drawn out campaign in the mountains resulted. Not

designed eventually to isolate the main Japanese base at Rabaul on New

until May 1943 did the Axis forces finally surrender.

Britain. In the northern Pacific other Allied forces succeeded in clearing

Above: St Pauls Cathedral, which has stood through generations, also withstood the devastating air raids on the British capitol.

since the Russians decided that their offensive had run out of steam and

the Japanese from the Aleutians, which they had occupied the previous
year. Furthermore, another drive was launched by Admiral Chester Nimitz

remained on the east bank of the Vistula, leaving the Poles to fight on their
own until they were eventually forced to surrender.

in the central Pacific, with the Gilbert Islands being recaptured by the end
of the year. In Burma the British launched what proved to be an abortive

In the Pacific, too, there was rapid progress. Nimitz's central Pacific

drive had secured the Marshalls and then the Marianas. In June the US
Navy broke the back of Japanese naval air power in the Battle of the

offensive in the malaria-ridden coastal Arakan region at the end of 1942,

but during the following summer the Chindits penetrated deep behind the

Philippine Sea. MacArthur, too, had continued his “island hopping' in the
Solomons, as well as numerous landings on the New Guinea coast. These
served to isolate Rabaul totally by early summer 1944. In Burma, too, the

Japanese lines in central Burma and proved that Allied troops could
operate effectively in the jungle.

The Russians were quick to take advantage of the German failure

tide finally began to turn. In March 1944 the Japanese attempted to

at Kursk and during autumn 1943 launched a series of rolling
counter-offensives which regained a significant amount of their territory.

invade India, but Slim's Fourteenth Army was ready for them and, after
some fierce fighting the Japanese were forced onto the defensive.
For the Western Allies and the peoples of Occupied Western Europe the

The climax came at the end of January 1944 when Leningrad (now St
Petersburg), which had been under siege for 900 days, was liberated.

Normandy invasion of 6 June was the most momentous event of that action

June 1944 was to be a momentous month for the Allies. In Italy the
winter months had been ones of frustration. A landing in January at Anzio

packed month. Yet, once ashore, the Allies found themselves enmeshed in
a bitter struggle to consolidate and expand their beachhead and it was not

behind the formidable German Gustav Line had become stalled. Bitter

until the end of July that they were able to break out. There then followed
a heady and lightning advance across northern and central France, with

fighting ensued, especially for Monte Cassino with its famous monastery.
Not until May was the deadlock broken and on 4 June the US Fifth Army

Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French, entering his capital in

finally entered Rome.

triumph on 26 August. At the same time the Allies landed further forces
on the French Riviera and these began to advance rapidly northwards.

On the Eastern Front the Russians had launched an offensive in the

Ukraine in March which brought them to the Romanian border. This was
followed in June by an even larger attack mounted further to the north.

Hopes grew that the war in Europe might end before the end of the

year, but Hitler's insistence that northern French ports be held until the
last meant that the Allied supplies were still having to be landed in

This literally tore the heart out of the German Army Group Centre and by
the end of July the Russians were closing on the River Vistula and Warsaw.

Normandy and logistics were stretched to breaking point. Eventually, in
early September, after the liberation of Brussels, the advance ground to a

Believing that the hour of liberation had arrived, the underground Polish
Home Army rose against the Germans on 1 August. It was to be in vain

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When peace descended upon Europe, the broadcas

ters of the

former occupied countries were generous in their

praise of the

BBC’s wartime efforts.

Today in Broadcasting House and Bush House (home
World Service) there are many plaques, statues

of the BBC

and other

memorabilia presented by European broadcas

ters.

Georges Bidault,

a member of the French Resistance who became

a minister of foreign affairs, paid tribute on

behalf of Europe’s

wartime audiences:

Like a compass to the sailor, the wireless was

to them the guide

and the assurance which, at the height of the

tempest, saved

them from despair. It is partly due to you, dear familiar

voices,

that our minds stayed free while our limbs were

bound.

The war inextricably linked the BBC with Europe.

Today, as

Europe’s largest production house and biggest progra

mme

exporter, the BBC is forging a role as a major

player in the

European audiovisual industry of the 2 /st century.

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halt. This gave the Germans the chance to recover. Montgomery now

proposed an ambitious airborne operation designed to outflank the

Germans by seizing bridges over the Dutch waterways. Mounted on 17th

September, it almost succeeded, but the failure to secure the bridge over
the Lower Rhine at Arnhem committed the Allies to a frustrating autumn.
In Italy, too, the Allies found themselves confronted by further
formidable German defences, the Gothic Line, north of Rome. At the end
of the year, now totally exhausted, they called a halt to offensive operations
until the spring. More progress was, however, made on the flanks of the
Eastern Front. On 2nd September Finland, which had allied herself with
Germany in June 1941 in order to regain territory lost the previous year,
found herself isolated by the Russian summer 1944 offensive, and
declared herself neutral. Other German allies, Romania and Bulgaria, also
surrendered. Fearful of being cut off, the German forces in the Balkans
began to withdraw from Greece. At the same time Tito's partisans

combined with Russians advanced from the north to liberate Yugoslavia.
In Burma the Chinese had been advancing steadily from the north and
had managed to reopen the Burma Road, the one land link between
Burma and China that had been closed since early 1942. At the beginning
of December the Fourteenth Army took to the offensive, its initial
objectives being Meiktila and Mandalay, and also began to attack once
more in the Arakan.

In October 1944 the Americans landed on the island of Leyte in the
Philippines, enabling MacArthur to fulfill his vow made in the dark days of
1942 that he would return. The Japanese Navy tried to frustrate the
landings with a two-pronged attack on the amphibious shipping, but lost
their remaining carriers in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In November B-29
bombers began to deploy to the Marianas and to strike at the Japanese
mainland. Autumn 1944 also saw the climax of a two year campaign by
US submarines against the Japanese sea lanes to South East Asia. They
throttled the vital imports of raw materials, thus succeeding where the
U-boats had failed in the Atlantic.

On 16 December 1944 the Western Allies, who had been pushing slowly
towards the German border, were surprised by a sudden German offensive
in the Ardennes. Aided by fog the attack initially made rapid progress, but
once the skies cleared and Allied air power could be unleashed it began to
slow. Shortage of fuel was also a problem and in time the Allies were able
to halt the offensive and drive the Germans back. The Russians also
launched another offensive in January 1945 crossing the Vistula, finally
liberating Warsaw, and closing up to the River Oder. Hungary, too, was

virtually overrun.

During March 1945 the Western Allies made a number of crossings of
western Germany's last natural defence line, the River Rhine. By this
stage, though, there was a debate raging as to what to do next. The British
wanted to strike direct for Berlin, but Eisenhower, opted for a broad front
advance, allowing the Russians to take the German capital.
In Italy the final Allied offensive opened on 9 April and soon broke
through the Gothic Line and advanced rapidly northwards towards the
Alps. Mussolini and his mistress were captured by partisans and executed
on 28 April. Next day, without Berlin's permission, the German forces in

Germany in two. The destruction of Berlin continued as the Russians
inched their way closer to the city's heart. On 30 April Hitler and Eva
Braun committed suicide, passing on his mantle to Grand Admiral Karl
Doenitz, who had set up his headquarters close to the Danish border.
Two days later Berlin surrendered.

Squeezed into a narrow north-south running corridor the remaining
German forces were now concerned to surrender to the Western Allies
rather than the Russians. The first overture was made to Montgomery on
3 May. Next day he accepted the surrender of just those forces opposing
him in north-west Germany, northern Holland (which had been bypassed
during the Allied advance), and Denmark. On 5 May Eisenhower turned
down a request that all German forces surrender to him and at a
ceremony at his headquarters at Reims two days later the Germans
unconditionally surrendered to the Allies as a whole. The Russians,
however, insisted that a repeat surrender was made in Berlin, and this was
held on 8 May, VE Day. In Czechoslovakia, however, fighting continued for
another two days and not until 14 May did the remaining German forces in
Yugoslavia lay down their arms to Tito.

The celebrations to mark the end of the war in Europe were tempered
by the knowledge that the war against Japan continued. True, in Burma
Slim won his race against the oncoming monsoon to reach the capital
Rangoon on 3 May, but three months' mopping up were needed before
serious preparation for the next major objective, Malaya, could begin.
In the Pacific attention was becoming ever more concentrated on
mainland Japan, now under concentrated bomber attack. Two final
stepping stones had first to be secured. Iwo Jima was captured, after
fanatical Japanese defence, in mid-March. Then came the landings on
and battle for Okinawa in the Ryukus, which began in April and lasted
three months.

Japanese fanaticism made US planners fearful of the Allied casualties
that the invasion of Japan itself might bring. The dilemma, however, was
solved by the successful testing of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico
desert on 16 July 1945, the culmination of a development programme
which had continued throughout the war.

Japan was given an ultimatum on 28 July from the last Allied wartime
strategic conference of the war, held at Potsdam south of Berlin. Tokyo
ignored it on the grounds that no mention was made of the future of the

Emperor, who was regarded as a god in Japan. Consequently, on 6 August
came the dropping of the first A-bomb, on Hiroshima, followed three days
later by one on Nagasaki. On that same day Russian forces invaded

Manchuria to honour a pledge made some time before to the Western
Allies. 1t was the Emperor Hirohito himself who decided that his people
had suffered enough, and on 15 August the Japanese finally surrendered.
The Second World War had cost the lives of some 40 million people, two
thirds of them civilian, and this may be much higher if recently revised
Russian casualty figures are accepted. It was vastly more total in its nature
than the Great War of 25 years earlier in both disruption and destruction.
Out of it, too, were born new causes of unrest which were to plague the
world thereafter.

Italy surrendered.

As the Western Allies began to sweep eastwards through Germany, the
Russians prepared for the final assault on Berlin, which opened on 16
April. The Germans defended bitterly but gradually the Russians cleared

the suburbs and began to close in on the city centre. On 23 April Hitler,
who had been running operations for the past few months from his
bunker close to the Chancellery, declared that he would remain in Berlin,
although he allowed many of the Nazi hierarchy to leave. Two days later
the Russians met American troops at Torgau on the River Elbe, thus cutting

Right: Montygomery

dictates surrender
terms for the German

forces in Northern

Germany, Holland and

Denmark on the 4th

May 1945.

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Roll out the barrel

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Amazing Grace

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Roll out the barrel

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We've got the blues on the run.

Like me.........

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for the gang’s all here.

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Now is the hour

Soon you’ll be sailing

While you're away

When we must say good-bye
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All confined to barracks was more than I could bear;

When you come home again to Wales
This land of ours will keep a welcome
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Orders came for sailing somewhere over these,

This land you knew will still'be singing

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50 years ago the Second World War came to an end.

The British Red Cross was already 75 years old.

British Red Cross volunteers in a VE Day Parade, 1945

Now it’s our 125th birthday year, and we need your support.
This year the British Red Cross is celebrating its
125th birthday. For many generations of people in
crisis, including those who lived and fought through

the

Second World War,

we have been providing

impartial care both at home in the UK, and abroad.

The independence of the Red Cross Movement and
the internationally recognised protective status of the
red cross emblem allows our delegates to travel to the
most defenceless parts of the world, while other vol-

day year.

Here in Hyde Park you will find our vol-

unteers at work in the reconstructed Refugee Camp.

On May 8th, we are organising a huge children’s party
in Oxford Street.

to London.

But the fun won't just be confined

On August 4th, the official birthday of

the British Red Cross, we will be lighting 125 beacons up and down the country, turning the British

Isles into a giant birthday cake. In October, thousands

of people will be participating in a nationwide bike
ride in support of our work.

unteers work at the scene of domestic emergancies,
most

recently

Scotland.

the

horrendous

floods

Central

But our vital work could not continue

without the support of the public - the support of
people like yourself.
In 1995, we want to care for even more people in cri-

sis.

To do that, we need to recruit and train 62 new

Emergency Response Teams serving over 100 local
communities; produce the resources to teach life-sav-

ing skills to one million people; and support long
term education and health projects in countries like

Lesotho and Vietnam. We count on your contributions to help us achieve these objectives.

Our work may be serious, but helping the British

Red Cross can be fun. We have developed a programme of events to take us right through our birth-

It’s going to be a very busy year, and there’s still time

to be a part of the celebrations.

If you would like to join in at any of our events,
want to find out more about volunteering, or

simply wish to make a donation, contact John
F

Gray,

Room

521,

British

Red

Cross,

Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EJ.

Or if

you prefer, get in touch with your local British

Red Cross Branch, the number of which should

be in your telephone directory.
During its 125 year history, the British Red Cross has

provided aid for millions of people.

Even today we

are involved in helping war victims all over the world.

Please help to make sure we are there for the generations yet to come.

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3rd Davyhulme

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Boys Brigade

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Hillingdon Youth

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Bands of the Grenadier and Welsh Guards
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BD Dip PSS RAF

THE READING

1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment

(Principal Chaplain, Church of Scotland and

Isaiah 55 Verses 6-13

2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment

Free Churches RAF)

“ The Pibroch of Donald Dubh”
“Cock o’ the North”

Martin Neary (Organist and Master of the
Choristers Westminster Abbey)

“The Blue Bonnets”

“The Glendarvel Highlanders”

ALL PLEASE STAND

The Mounted Bands of the Household Cavalry
“Preobayenski March”

11.30am

Prayer: Almighty God, whose will is to restore

all things in your beloved Son, the King of all,
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided
and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to His just and gentle rule, who is alive and
reigns with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and

Trumpet March from “Aida”

The Arrival of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
The Queen Mother accompanied by Her Royal

10.55am

Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess

The Veterans assemble, Representatives from:

of Snowdon.

Amen

The Royal Naval Associations

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

AN ACT OF REMEMBRANCE

London Transport

arr. Gordon Jacob

“Pollieti Meliora”

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forever.

The Royal British Legion

Read by Calum Dickson

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea
The Salvation Army

The Land Army

ALL PLEASE SIT
As one who gazing at a vista

Of beauty, sees the clouds close in,

FANY

An Address of Welcome from The Chief of

War Widows

The Defence Staff

And turns his back in sorrow, hearing

St. John Ambulance

Field Marshall Sir Peter Inge, GCB

The thunderclouds begin.

The Royal Air Force Association

THE DRUMHEAD SERVICE

0ld Comrades Association

The Bidding -

So we, whose life was all before us,
Our hearts with sunlight filled,

Red Cross

The Bevin Boys

by The Venerable Michael Bucks QHC BD AKC

The Trades Union Congress

HYMN

London Ambulance

“0 Worship the King”

Left in the hills our books and flowers,
Descended, and were killed.

“Stars and Stripes Forever”.......... Sousa

0 Worship the King

Write on the stones no words of sadness Only the gladness due,
That we, who asked the most of living,

“Marche Lorraine”............. Ganne, arr Morelli
“Cavalry of the Steppes”.....Arr Woodfield

All glorious above;

Knew how to give it too.

“Blaze Away”............ Holzmann

His power and his love;

“Sambre et MeuseTM........... Rauski

Our Shield and Defender

“Washington Post”............. Sousa

The Ancient of days,

(Robert Grant 1779-1838)
MASSED BANDS:

0 gratefully sing

Pavilioned in splendour,
PIPES AND DRUMS:

PADRE:

We remember before you good Lord, and
entrust to your keeping, those who have died in

the defence of justice and freedom.

And girded with praise.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHOIR

“Port Askaig”

“Farewell to the Greeks”

Frail children of dust,

“They Shall Grow Not Old”

“Dovecote Park”

And feeble as frail,

arr Douglas Guest

“The Atholl Highlanders”

In these do we trust,

“Imperial Echoes”............... Safroni

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Nor find thee to fail,

LAST POST

Thy mercies how tender!
11.20am

How firm to the end!

The Holders of The Victoria Cross and George
'
Cross assemble

Our Maker, Defender,

by Buglers of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines
1 MINUTE SILENCE

Redeemer, and Friend.

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REVEILLE

by Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry
Choir and Solo Piper
“Morning Has BrokenTM arr. Martin Neary

With Parade of Peace Torches from London,
Edinburgh, Belfast, and Cardiff
HYMN

“0 God, our help in ages past”

(Isaac Watts 1674 - 1748)
0 God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,

Our shelter from the stormy blast,

And our eternal home’

Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure,
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,

To endless years the same.

A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone,

Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away,

They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day

0 God our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
THE BLESSING

God Holy Trinity make you strong in faith and

love;

Defend you on every side
And guide you in truth and peace

And the Blessing of God Almighty,
The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Be upon you and remain with you always.
Amen

ALL PLEASE SIT

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

ALL PLEASE STAND
The assembled company give three cheers
for Her Majesty

The Mounted Band of The Blues and Royals
(RHG/D)
Director of Music: Major C R C Garrity LTCL

THE MARCH PAST

The assembled Veterans, led by the Holders of

The Victoria and George Cross will march past

A combined band formed by the Grenadier

Guards and The Welsh Guards
Director of Music:
Major S A Watts LRAM Welsh Guards

Music:

“The British Legion March” ... Bridgegord
“Under the White Ensign”

....Dunn

“RAF March Past”

....Davies

“Pack up your Troubles”

....0rd Hume

“It's a Long Way to Tipperary” ....Douglas
Pipes & Drums:

“The Green Hills of Tyrol”

“When the Battle’s 0’er”
“Lochanside”
Massed Bands:

“Soldiers”

The Mounted Band of The Life Guards
Director of Music: Major C J Reeves, LTCL, psu

...arr Lane

“The Army, Navy, and the Air Force”..arr Wright
“Ship Ahoy” arr McKenzie

The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Principal Director of Music:
Wing Commander R E Wilkinson LARM

ARCM RAF
PIPES AND DRUMS:
Ist Battalion Scots Guards

Pipe Major I.MacKinnon

Ist Royal Tank Regiment
Pipe Major R.E.Hunter

2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment

“There’ll Always be an England*....arr Wright

Pipe Major I.A.Ferguson

As the last detachments march past there will be

The Choir of Westminster Abbey

the form of a Free-Fall Parachute Drop by:

Martin Neary

tribute from the modern day Armed Forces in

The Falcons Free Fall Display Team of The
Royal Air Force

The Red Devils Free Fall Display Team and
The Parachute Regiment

PLEASE REMAIN SEATED
DURING THE DispLAY
When the Free-Fall Parachute Jump has taken
place there will be a programme of
Entertainment in the Main Arena, directly in

front of the Stands which will include (ground
conditions permitting):

The Mornted Bands and Musical Ride of The
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

The Musical Drive by The Kings Troop Royal
Horse Artillery
PARTICIPANTS

The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines
School of Music
Director of Music:
Lieutenant-Colonel R A Waterer, LRAM, RM
Principal Director of Music, Royal Marines

Organist and Master of the Choristers:

PRODUCTION

Producer: Major Michael Parker CVO MBE
Military Marshals: Warrant Officers,
Non-Commissioned Officers and

Guardsmen of The Household Division.

sunday 1th
110.00am

main arena

bandstand 1
USAF Europe Band

bandstand 2

arena 2

international |

bandstand 3 _

dance area

Q fi

arena 3

auxiliaries

Romford Drum

Dance School

& Trumpet :

of Scotland :

“ Drum Session” :
Defence Dog Display

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USAF Europe Band

Scottish Dancers

Girls Brigade Dance

Girls Brigade Choir

Renfrewshire

|12.00pm

Training Corps

Highland Dancers

Jitterbug Class

London Swing Dance :
Society will teach :
jitterbug from the :
1940's With The

Police Choir :

2204 Squadron Air
Training Corps :

Hoppers and The :
Sugar Foot Stompers. :

Drill Display :

Marjorie Hawkins

Dance School

Irish Step Dancers

of Scotland

“Drum Session” :

Marching Band :

Metropolitan

New Image Majorettes

Defence Dog Display :

Let the Children Sing :
for Peace Choir

Gestnut Grove Lindy :

The Marching Blues

Drill Display :

Simon Selman of the :

| 100pm

2204 Squadron Air

Dance Project :
‘I Am”

New Image Majorettes

Youth Symphony

Dunoon Pipe Band

Renfrewshire

: Orchestra TSAKALOF :
from Greece
:

Dance Project :
‘I Am”

| 2.00pm

King George

Fund For Sailors :
Flag Display :

Girls. Brigade
Marching Band :

Metropolitan

The Wilmcote Band
(St Johns Ambulance ,

Staffordshire)

| 3.00pm
Her Majesty The

Queen Arrives :

The Royal Netherlands
Army Band

Veterans :

Dance with The :
Squadronnaires

5000
RAF Falcons Free Fall :
36

Wilmcote Band :

(St Johns Ambulance
Staffordshire)

Police Choir :

Young Indian

Vegetarians :
Dance Troupe :

King George

Fund For Sailors
Flag Display

arena 4
mast

arena 6
youth

arena o

Kangaroos

performing
arts

Sea Cadets Band

Collegium Musicum

Gymnastic Display

buckingham
palace

(The Orchestra of the

University of Bonn)

Air Cadets
Marching Band

Young Indian

Kangaroos

Vegetarians

Gymnastic Display :

Dance Troupe

R.B.L. Romford

Sandy Lee's Nostalgic

Dance Connections

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Marching Band :

Air Cadets

Marching Band

R.B.L. Wyre

Marching Band

R.B.L. Wyre Dancing

Display

Fashion show

Stoke Brunswick

School Choir

Sea Cadets
Field Gun Display

R.B.L. Wyre

Seated Band

Royal Navy Mast
Manning Display

Sandy Lee's Nostalgic

Boy's Brigade
Gymnastic Display

Sea Cadets Band

Royal Navy Mast
Manning Display

Surbiton RBL 5
Marching Band

Fashion show

Ceremony of Peace & Reconciliation

2.30pm

For as the new heavens and the new earth,

Drifted away......O but every one

Please be seated (and in position)

which I will make, shall remain before me so

was a bird; and the song was wordless; the

shall your seed and your house remain for ever.

singing will never be done.

Glory to God in the highest - and on earth

THE INVITATION TO THE HEADS OF STATE

peace, Good will toward men.

AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO COMPLETE

The Military Bands will play a selection of
familiar tunes.

THE GLOBE OF PEACE.

The Veterans and Groups will take up their
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE FROM

positions.

AROUND THE WORLD

“Peace Worth Living”.....................Jo Collins

3.15pm

Songs of the British Isles -A medley arranged by

words by .......Paul Morrall

The Heads of State and Representatives accom-

Barry Hingley

performed in song, dance, and international

panied by members of The Royal Family will

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and

sign language by The Chicken Shed Theatre

start to arrive and be shown to their seats in the

Northern Ireland

Company

Royal Box.

“Greensleeves”....Henry VIl

3.30pm

words by Edward Lockfas

REPRESENTATIVES PROCESS TO THE

The arrival of Her Majesty The Queen and

“Londonderry air”.............. Traditional Tune

GLOBE LED BY THE CHILDREN.

His Royal Highness Prince Phillip Duke

“The Road to the Isles”.....Traditional Tune

“Men of Harlech”............ Traditional Tune

THE HEADS OF STATE AND THEIR

“One Choice Away”................... Howard Goodall

of Edinburgh.
“THE NATIONAL ANTHEM”

The United States Of America

words by Stephen Clarke

“Candide Overture” -......... Bernstein

Performed by the Voices Foundation

The Republic of France

When they arrive at the Globe each Head of

“La Farondole” from “Arlesienne”.......Bizet

State or Representative will complete - with

arranged by Gordon Jacob
ALL PLEASE SIT

indigenous flowers or plants - their section of

Introduction by Sir Ian Mckellen CBE
The Republic of Russia

the Flower Map which will be put in place later.

The Polovtsian Dances from

They will also sign a symbolic Leaf which will be

The European Union Youth Orchestra and

“Prince IOr”........covuvuvviiviiiicina, Borodin

placed by the children in the border surround-

Fanfare Trumpeters

The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain.

ing tize Map of the World.

“Reconciliation” by Walt Whitman

“Song for a Better Tomorrow”....Jan Tyszkiewicz

“Fanfare for 2 Common Man”.

Copland

Conducted by Lt Col. Cliff Ross ARCN FISM
Reading by Miss Patricia Hodge

read by Sir Ian McKellen CBE

Nation shall not lift up a sword against Nation,

The Federal Republic of Germany

AS THE GLOBE IS COMPLETED:-

MBANIALEY. ... oo entinisvins Sir David Willcocks

neither shall they learn war any more. And
none shall make them afraid, neither shall the

An extract from the last movement of 9th

sword go through their land.

Symphony (The Choral

Symphony)......Beethoven

“Dona Nobis Pacem”..........ccccoo..... Bach
AS THE HEADS OF STATE OR THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES PROCESS BACK;-

Honour and truth are tied together;

righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Everyone Sang

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and

read by Miss Patricia Hodge

“Pomp & Circumstance No. 4”............ Elgar

by Siefried Sassoon

“NIMrod”.........coveeeereveniinenn. Elgar

~“Amazing Grace” with Pipes and Drums

righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Everyone suddenly burst out singing;

“An American in Paris”.................... Gershwin

Open the gates to righteousness, I will go into

and I was filled with such delight

“Hallelujah Chorus”..........cccccooevviiinnae Handel

them. Let all the nations be gathered together,

as prisoned buds must find in freedom

WrownIpetll”. ... .ot Walton

and let the people be assembled; and let them

winging wildly across the white

Participants

hear, and say, it is the truth

orchards and dark-green fields; on; on on; and

And it shall come, that I will gather all nations

out of sight

Sir Ian Mckellen CBE

Miss Patricia Hodge

and tongues. And they shall come, and see my.

glory And I will set a sign among them, and they

Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted,

shall declare my glory amongst nations.

and beauty came like the setting sun

Principal Conductor:

My heart was shaken with tears; and horror

Sir David Willcocks CBE MC

THE EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA

The Military Musicians

Secretary General: Mrs Joy Bryer

General Manager: Helen Shabetai

Director of Music;
Lieutenant Colonel R.A Waterer LRAM

CHOIRS:

A Combined Band from the Grenadier

English Baroque Choir

Director of Music: Major S.A.Watts LRAM
Welsh

Guildford Choral Society

Guards

London Choral Society

London Welsh Chorale

Director of Music: Lieutenant Colonel
C.J.Ross
ARCM FISM

Thames Philharmonic Ghoirs

Director of Music: Flt Lt D.Compton

The Voices Foundation Children’s Chorus

(Finchley/CBSO Youth Choir/ Scunthorpe),

Lane

THE NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET OF GREAT BRITAIN;

Adapted and Staged by Christopher Newton

Additional costumes by Caryl Ray - kindly

spon-

sored by Anderson Business Travel Ltd
t of

Angela Mortimer plc
THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE COMPANY
“Peace Worth Living”
Lyrics Paul Morrall

Music Jo Collins
Arranged by Liz Kitchen & Francis Haines

Staged by Christine Niering & Mary Ward
Sung and danced by The Chicken Shed
Theatre,
Company’s Childrens Theatre and Youth

Keyboards Dave Carey, Francis Haines
Bass Guitar Iain Whitmore
Guitar Sam Fuster-Burnett

Saxophone Julian Stringle

ow”.

Taormina we expanded it into a work for

Miss Hodge most recently appeared

in the title

role in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

, and in

Seperate Tables directed by Sir Peter Hall.
many Television appearances have

Her

and

The Life And Loves Of A She Devil.

Sir Tan McKellen made his West End

debut in

1967 in The Promise. As well as his vast
repertoire of classic performances has perfor

med

most of the major roles in the Shakes

peare

Ado About

Nothing. In 1991 Sir Ian was knighted

for his

services to the performing arts.

l training

as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, later

win-

and King’s

College Cambridge. After a five-year period
of
of King’s

College Cambridge, and appointed Conduc

tor of

the Cambridge Philharmonic Society. From
1957 to 1974 he was Director of Music

Cracow.”

HowArD GOODALL

Oxford and later as a Music Scholar at
Christ
Church Oxford where he was awarded
a First in
Music. His theatre work includes the musical
s
THE HIRED MAN, which won the Ivor Novello
Award for Best Musical during its West

End run
in 1984-5. His music drama SILAS MARNE
R

(1993-4) has recently been produced
by
Graham Vick for the City of Birmingham
Touring
Opera . For the last 18 years he has

SIR DaviD WILLCOCKS CBE Mc

war service he was elected a Fellow

cere-

a in

been

responsible for all the music of Rowan

Sir David Willcocks began his musica
ning scholarships to Clifton College

1993 the suite was performed at a special
mony in the famous “Mariacki” Basilic

Was trained as a chorister at New College

SIR IAN MCKELLEN

canon, including Zeffirelli’s Much

a full

choir and a symphony orchestra. In Octobe
r

included

Rumpole Of The Bailey, Inspector Morse,

NYB acknowledge the continued suppor

many lan-

Then, together with my music partner Franco

Miss Parricia Hopee

Company

In 1955 I got a job, at the “Raret”

wrote a suite of songs for children in

Costumes kindly loaned by The Royal Ballet

tration camp in Dachau. From 1949
to 1954
I

guages called “Song for a Better Tomorr

Choreographer: James Tillitt

Ballet Mistress Janet Kinson

out. In

concen-

Radio Free Europe’s Polish station as head
of
the Music and Entertainment dept. In 1992
1

Production Conceived and Produced by:

Artistic Co-ordinator, The Royal Ballet

1943 the Germans locked me up in the

Radio Station in Lishon, where T started
writing

Major Michael Parker CVO MBE

Choreography Mikhall Fokine

JaN Tyszxiewicz,

music. In 1961 I moved to Munich
and joined

Ist Battalion Scots Guards

Artistic Director
Jill Tookey

ABC Orchestras.

London.

Ist Royal Tank Regiment

Co-ordinator and Administrator...Joan

Sussex,

studied music at the Royal College of Music

The Pipes & Drums of:

directed by Susan Digby

Bradford, Bristol, Exeter, Leicester and

in England. He recently returned to
Hong Kong

“I'was 12 years old when the war broke

The Band of The Royal Air Force Regime

CHILDRENS CHOIRS:

he holds honorary degrees in the USA and
Canada as well as at the Universities of

ny and

Oxford Bach Choir

the
and

and to New Zealand and Australia for a series

School of Music, Kneller Hall

The Philharmonia Chorus

(London) since 1960. He was knighted in
1977 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Honours List,

concerts with the New Zealand Sympho

Fanfare Trumpeters from the Royal Militar

National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Drums/Percussion Liz Kitchen

and

Welsh Guards

Goldsmith Choral Union

Played by the Chicken Shed Musicians

Croydon Philharmonic Choir

has

been Musical Director of The Bach Choir

Principal Director of Music Royal Marine

The Bach Choir

Theatre.

College Cambridge, Director of the Royal
College of Music from 1974 to 1984 and

Royal Marines School of Music

of King’s

Atkinson’s stage and TV work in the UK and
throughout the world. TV scores and themes
include THE BLACK ADDER, MR BEAN, NOT
THE NINE O’CLOCK NEWS, THE RED

DWARE,

THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, THE BORROWERS,
He is Honorary Professor of The London

College of Music at Thames Valley Universi

ty.

dance area
Renfrewshire

bandstand 1

main arena

110.00am .|

bandstand 2

Dance Project

~arena?2

international

bandstand 3
South Hampstead
:

arena 3

auxiliaries

® (

Big Band

TAm"

| 1L00am
0SC & R.A.F Band.

Grenadier

Welsh GuardsConcert

R.A.F. Central Band

Pipes & Drums

I'st Royal Tank

1st Scots Guards

Guards Concert

Regiment
Young Indian

2204 Squadron Air

Vegetarians

Training Corps

Dance Troupe

Drill Display

Metropolitan

Police Jazz Band

Youth Symphony :
Orchestra TSAKALOF
from Greece

Marjorie Hawkins

Metropolitan

School of Irish Step

Police Jazz Band

Dancing
King George's
Fund for Sailors

Highland Dancers

Flag Display

Young Indian

Vegetarians

Dance Troupe

| 200pm
Side Saddle

Jitterbug Class Simon

Metropolitan

Association Display

Selman from the

Police Jazz Band

London Swing Dance

2204 Squadron Air

Dunoon Pipe Band

Training Corps
Drill Display

Society will teach
Jitterbug from the
1940s with The

Caribbean Folk

: Chestnut Grove Lindy

Cultural Company

| 300pm

Hoppers and The
Sugar Foot Stompers

Veterans Dance hosted

South Hampstead

by Peggy Spencer

Big Band
Scottish Dancers

King George's
Pipes & Drums

Fund for Sailors

Flag Display

l4.00m§
The Musical Drive of

the Kings Troop :
Royal Horse Artillery

Pipes & Drums

1st Scots Guards

1st Royal Tank
Regiment

:
Lauri Sepp &

The Mounted Band of :
The Household Cavalry

Madis Kari

Musical Ride

Piano and Saxaphone

Red Devils -

Soft Jazz and Easy

Listening

Parachute Drop

| 5.00m
40

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arena 4
with mast

arena o

arena 6
youth

Sea Cadet

Let the Children Sing

Field Gun Display

performing
arls

‘

Jules Ruben
Jazz Pianist

Marching Band :

RN Mast

buckingham
palace

Peace Choir

Air Cadets :

Pipes & Drums

Manning display :

velerans
centre

Sea Cadets Band

of the Ontario Legion

Let the Children Sing
Peace Choir

Talbot Corp of Drums

You are invited to fol-

(St John Ambulance
Air Cadets Marching :
Band

Dorset)

from the Pink exit to

and watch the
-

Church Lads and

Workers Playtime

Sandy Lee's Nostalgic

Lasses

See Seperate Listing

Fashion Show

Marching Band

Sea Cadets Marching
Band

Royal Navy
Mast Manning
:
Church Lads and

South Hampstead

Lasses

Marching Band

High School Singers

Army Cadets

Sea Cadet
Field Gun Display

Sandy Lee’s Nostalgic
:

Fashion Show

Pipes & Drums

of the Ontario Legion

Army Cadets

Buckingham Palace to :
join the SingAlong

display team

low the Band leaving :

Hainault Forest

Sea Cadets

South Hampstead

Band

High School Singers

Community Centre

“Gas Mask on my -

Shoulder”

Fly Past
& Fireworks

Other Events
Monday 8th May
12.00pm Follow the band leaving from the Pink exit to Buckingham
Palace. There you can join in the singing introduced by Bob Holness with
Dame Vera Lynn, Cliff Richard, Harry Secombe and the rest of the crowd.
12.00 leave Hyde Park

12.40 the Royal family will appear on the Balcony

12.55 Fly over of 20 Vintage WWII Aircraft led by the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight of the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster followed by the
Red Arrows.

Followed by a daylight Firework Display

1.00pm

PERFORMING ARTS TENT

WORKERS' PLAYTIME
Re-creating the atmosphere of those famous radio broadcasts.
The cast will include (subject to availability)
The Cox Twins, Celia Lipton, Dennis Lotis
Joan Regan, Jules Ruben, Don Smoothie
Mickie Driver

Colin Devereux, and the Bless ‘em all Company -

Carole Doree, Tony Arnold, Laurence Payne (piano)
Directed by James Tillitt

7.00pm VE NIGHT PARTY, CONCERT, & BEACON LIGHTING

As part of the main, ticketed event on the Monday Evening, HM the Queen
will light a symbolic Beacon that will start a chain of Beacons throughout
the country

BEACONS, STREET PARTIES AND MAROONS
The Nation is uniting to support the Royal British Legion. Local authorities,
Voluntary Organisations, Youth Groups, The Tourist Industry, and Royal

British Legion Branches are coming together by holding Street Parties and

The British Government and The Royal British Legion believe that VE
Day should be marked by the simultaneous lighting of Beacons as a ges-

lighting Beacons and Bonfires across the Country.

ture to commemorate Fifty Years of Peace and Freedom in Europe and
also a symbol of reconciliation. As one of the guardians of Remembrance,
the Legion is reintroducing the Two Minute Silence, signalled by Maroons,
during which the Nation will reflect. At 8.40pm on Monday 8th May 1995
at Hyde Park, the National Beacon will be lit by her Majesty The Queen

together with Miss Emily Macmanus, the twelve year old great grand-

daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, representing the youth of the Nation, for
whom the many veterans gave so much. All other Beacons will take their
cue from this and the evening sky will glow with fires across the United
Kingdom.

The feeling of reconciliation flows way past the boundaries of the United

Kingdom with Her Majesty being joined by Beacon Lighting Ceremonies in
other Countries.

The Country is acutely aware of the fact that whilst VE Day marks the
50th Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe, the fighting at this stage
still continued in the Pacific, and indeed many Families had little to celebrate due to the tragic sacrifices that individual members had made.
The Royal British Legion would like to thank Bruno Peek for his immense
hard work in masterminding and organising this event.

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AROUND THE SITE ARE A SERIES OF EXHIBITION PAVILIONS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE

charities, to relieve human suffering in the wake of disaster, whether

EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAVE HELPED UNDERPIN PEACE BETWEEN THE MAJOR

man-made or natural.

POWERS FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.

COMMUNICATIONS

An involving experience of the technological revolution in

1939-1945

Not a history lesson but a vivid evocation, using a host of actors, of British

communications since 1945 which has done so much to break down

experience of World War II, at home, on land and sea and in the air,

the barriers between nations that can result in war.

culminating in the joyous celebration of a VE Day street party.
Thanks to The Constellation Theatre Company, The Kensington Drama

THE ENVIRONMENT

Company, The Utopians

Human Beings are slowly learning how to preserve peace amongs

ourselves. Can we now learn how to preserve the planet on which we live?
UNITED NATIONS

A challenging exploration of the UN’s work in helping to preserve the

EUROPEAN PAVILION

peace by combating the poverty and ignorance that breed war.

Find out what we have made of peace, “Britain in Europe” is all about
how you can enjoy, and have a say in, the next 50 years of European
co-operation.

HUMANITARIAN AID

Live demonstrations of some of the hands-on aid provided, especially by

AUXILIARY SERVICES EXHIBITORS

St John Ambulance Youth (Badgers and Cadets)

ENVIRONMENTAL EXHIBITORS

London Ambulance Service

The Boys Brigade

Tree Council

Metropolitan Police

Army Cadet Force

Green Network

London Fire Brigade

Raleigh International

Tim Ward - Blacksmith Sculptor

WRVS

Air Training Cadets

Ramblers Association

FANY.

The Royal Tournament

Defence of Britain Project

YWCA

Inland Waterways Association

MILITARY CHARITIES EXHIBITORS

British Railtrack

Alcan

The Royal British Legion

Guide Association

Cat Survival Trust

The Soldiers’ Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association

The Salvation Army

The Earth

The Mission Rainforest Foundation

(SSAFA)

King George’s Fund For Sailors

RELIEF AID AGENCIES EXHIBITORS

Global Action Plan

The Army Benevolent Fund

Christian Children’s Fund of Great Britain

Electric Ford Fiesta - Linch Motor Co.

BLESMA

British Red Cross

The Royal Star & Garter Home

World Memorial Fund

UN PAVILION EXHIBITORS

Royal Marines Charitable Fund

International Rescue Corps

United Nations 50th Anniversary

WRNS Benevolent Trust, The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust

Association Of Pioneer Rescue Officers

UN Information Centre

and WRNS Association

Merlin

UN High Commissioner For Refugees

The Royal Naval Association

Thames Valley Medical Aid and Rescue Unit

UN Development Programme

The Burma Star Association

St John Ambulance

UN Associations - UK

Royal Air Force Association

The Missions to Seamen

ATS and WRAC Association Benevolent Fund

Medecins Sans Frontieres

MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITORS

St. Dunstan’s

Concern Worldwide

Defence - Challenges in a Changing World

The Gurkha Welfare Trust

Water Aid

BBC Radio 2 Roadshow

The Spirit of Normandy Trust

Church Army

95.8 Capital FM Rig Roadshow

Ex Services Mental Welfare Society (Combat Stress)

Overseas Development Administration

“Not ForgottenTM Association

Age Concern

EUROPEAN PAVILION

European Parliament

The Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

DUKE OF EDINBURGH EXHIBITORS

European Commission

The Disabled Driver’s Association

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award will have over 500 young

Council Of Europe

people performing on their bandstand over the three day:

ENEA

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING AREA EXHIBITORS

they will demonstrate that the award encourages music,

European Newspaper

European Parliament

dance and drama as well as outdoor skills.

British Council

Trades Union Congress

Representatives of many of the 59 countries that operate The

Central Bureau For Education Visits and Exchanges

National Army Museum

International Award for Young People will be present.

European Movement

Imperial War Museum

The Award would not be here without the help of British
Airways, TNT, Vauxhall Motors and many other generous

YOUTH EXHIBITORS

supporters

London Area Sea Cadet Corps
The Project Trust

Retail Village :Two Areas have been set aside for the retail of souvenirs to mark this event. A wide
range of goods are available at prices to suit all pockets.

The Royal Parks Agency

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Executive Producer Major Michael Parker CVO, MBE
Concert Director Dougie Squires
Musical Director Julian Bigg
Park Director James Tillett

Designer Jonathan Park
Costume Designer Alex Burns
Lighting Designer Robert Ornbo
Sound Designer John Del Nero
Fireworks Designer Wilf Scott
Pavilions Producer Alan Dobbie
Pavilions Designer Bill Harkin

Event Organisers Unusual Services Ltd
Production Administrator Alan Jacobi

Senior Production Manager

Chuck Crampton

Company Administrator

Simon Garrett

Production Managers

Mick Kluczynski

Assistant Administrator

Sue Banner

Simon Miles

Company Managers

Carol Spraggs
Henrietta Boxer

Kevin Peacock
Tim Spencer

Performers Transport

Sharon Ashley-Hoffman

Site Manager

Tony Wheeler

Wig Supervisor

Carol Begley

Site Co-ordinator

John Armstrong

Make-up Supervisor

Nichola Bellamy

Assistant Production Managers

Jane Kelly

Exhibitions Co-ordinator

Neil Kirk

Sarah O Hagan

Military Researcher

Charles Messanger

Camilla Redmayne

Research Assistant

Alison Neil

Sarah Cowie

Senior Stage Manager

Anne Rushworth

Kate Wright

Stage Managers:

Barbara Eifler

Production Draughtsman

Malcolm Birkett

Sheelagh McCabe

Military Co-ordinator

Major George Douglas MBE

Ruth Sallis

PA to the Exec Producer

Catie Bland

Gail Sherwood

Participants Co-ordinator

Vanessa Bellamy

Production Assistants

Michelle Sampson

Sue Valentine

Kate Wright

Joss Bundy, Simon Dodson, Nick Earle, Ian Francis,
Jasper Fox, Elizabeth Glanfield, Caroline Howard,

Emma Bagwell Purefoy

Andrew Holton, Tracy Ja ques, Nicki Lawrence.

Assistant to Robert Ornbo
Production Electrician

Ian Bagshaw

Monica McCabe, Judith Morgan, Kate Palmer,
Shona Penman,Lucy Sargeant, Charles Strickland,
Andrew Toole, John Walford Garin Wilby,

Nick Jones

Helen Wilding, Trevor Williamson, Dougie Wilson

Production Sound Engineer

Chris Hay

Property Master

Assistant Sound Designer

Mark Armstrong

Dressing Room Manager

Marina Montaut

Production Accountant

Brian Rose

Costume Design Assistant

Jamie Lawrie

Georgina McCulloch
Miranda Lescher

Derek Scriminger

Box Office Manager

Sue Uings

Wardrobe Mistress

Gillian Phillips

Ticket Services Co-ordinator

Sacha Watson

Wig Assistants

Renata Hill, Lucy Smith

Security Officer

John Ricketts

Make-up Assistants

Safety Officer

Steve Dudley

Public Transport Advisor

Bob Philbeam

Helen Berrett, Sara Ellis

Joanna Harvey, Dorey Sheppard
Val Sparks

Angels & Bermans

London Ambulance Services

St. John Ambulance

Austin Lewis Ltd.

London Fire Brigade

Standard Fireworks

Barbara Tucker Exhibition Florist

Lyons Tetley Ltd.

Starhire

Beeton Rumford

McVitie’s (UK) Ltd

Superfloors

Bill Harkin Associates

Martin Greene Ravden

Syrett Neon

Black and Edgington Structures

Media Structures

Tate & Lyle Sugars

Blackout

Mike Weaver Communications

Templine Ltd.

Bowood Event Hire

National Car Parks Ltd.

Thames Water

Brian Blake Westminster City Council

Neptunus Tent Rental Ltd.

The Dorchester

Britannia Row

Nestle UK Ltd.

The Grosvenor House Hotel

Castle Plant Hire

NSR Communications Ltd.

The Scout Association

Clayton Frost

Nu Kleen Services

The Simkins Partnership

Creative Technology

Owen Brown Ltd.

Theatre Projects Ltd.

Dale Electrical Installations Ltd.

P & C Morris Ltd.

Trends Management

De Boer tent Rental (UK ) Ltd.

Pilot Hire

Trinifold travel

Derek Gatland

PKL Group

Turbosound

Dimension Audio

Publicity & Display

Unusual Rigging Ltd.

Eat Your Hearts Out

Pyrovision

Vari*Lite

Eddie Ugarte

R & W Concessions Ltd.

Wheels Rentals

Edwin Shirley Staging

Rangefinders

William G.Search Ltd.

Edwin Shirley Trucking

R.G Jones

With over 8.000 people involved in this 3 day event we

Estate Cleaners Leicester

RHM Graphics

Eve Trakway Ltd

Richard Able

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everyone who has contributed to this event.

Event Management

Rocket Cargo

Express Dairy

Rob Adams

Fence Hire

Rover Groups plc

Fifth Column

Saga Holidays Ltd.

Fisher Park

Saracen Cycles Ltd.

Fox’s Biscuit

Scena

Garrards The Crown Jewellers

Scrrenco Ltd.

Hasselblad UK

Seating Contracts Ltd.

Hercules Crew Ltd.

Serco

Hunts Exhibition Services Ltd.

Serious Structures

PICTURE CREDITS:

Cover - Science Museum. Contents - (from top to bottom)
Hulton Deutsch, Science Museum, the Science & Society
Picture Library. P. 5 - Terry O'Neill. P. 9 - (Left & Right)
1.W.M., (Bottom) Range/Bettmann/UPI. P. 10 Range/Bettmann/UPIL. P. 12 - Archive of Modern Conflict.

P13 - the Science & Society Picture Library. P14/16 -

Range/Bettmann/UPI. P. 43 -Wing Commander Colin Bond.

Illusion & Display

Shieldtrack Portable Roadway Hire

Impact Structures

Showflooring

Jonathon Rathbone

Showsec International

PROGRAMME BOOK LAUNCH:- Perrier UK, Guinness,
Matthew Glowag & Son Ltd, Percy Fox & Co, Budwieser.

Key Events

Showstars and Corporate Crew Company

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