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Welcome to The British Military Tournament 2011 Celebrating ‘The Special Relationship’
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guests of honourfriday 2nd december 2011
Evening HM The Queen
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Afternoon General Sir Nicholas Parker kcb cbe
Evening Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton kcb adc bsc fraes ccmi
sunday 4th december 2011
Afternoon Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope gcb obe
Evening TRH the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Chairman Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter kcvo obe dl
Producer for IMG Stephen Flint Wood
Director & Writer Christopher Joll
Production Director & Designer for IMG Nick Mattingley
Presented by ABF The Soldiers’ Charityin association with the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity and the RAF Benevolent Fund
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The British Military Tournament is dedicated to all those members of the British & American Armed Forces who have been injured or who have lost their lives in the service of their their country in past and present conflicts
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Britain’s armed forces are the finest in the world. They represent the very best of what it means to be British and we are rightly very proud of them. So in a year in which the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force have demon-strated extraordinary service and sacrifice, particularly in Libya and Afghanistan, I am delighted that the three armed services’ principal charities are presenting the British Military Tournament. This year’s Tournament tells the story of the special relationship with the United States of America. It is a story which of course begins with confrontation, but which ultimately celebrates the way in which two great nations have stood side by side to advance our common interests and protect our shared values of freedom and democracy. The principal aim of the Tournament is to raise funds to provide additional care for our service men and women, for those who have left service who are in need, and for the families of those who have been injured or bereaved. I think it is absolutely right that we should do all we can to help our service men and women and their families. They sacrifice so much to do their duty by us. The least we can do in return is to do our duty by them. That is why I am so determined that we should uphold the Military Covenant – that special bond of gratitude and commitment between our society and those who risk their lives to defend our country. In the First and Second World Wars, when successive generations were fighting and dying, the military occupied a huge place in the national consciousness. The same was true during the Falklands. There was a real appreciation of what the military does. Today I believe we constantly need to think about what more we can do to support our service men and women and to recognise, thank and celebrate them for what they are doing for us. So as you sit back and enjoy the incredible spectacle that is the British Military Tournament, remember that behind the pomp and pageantry there are thousands of selfless men and women who put their lives on the line for us every single day
the prime minister October 2011
For almost a century, soldiers, sailors and aviators from the United States have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their comrades from the United Kingdom.
From Europe to Africa to Asia, hundreds of thousands have fought and died together in the name of freedom. Under the flags of NATO and the United Nations, they have also served as peacekeepers across the world.
Through such remarkable actions, all those exceptional individuals have helped in their own way to strengthen the “special relationship” between our two nations that endures to this day.
As President Obama said during his State Visit, our alliance remains essential and indispensable to our mutual ambition of a more peaceful, more prosperous and more just world.
In his words, “We are the nations most willing to stand up for the values of tolerance and self-determination that lead to peace and dignity.”
With our troops standing together once again, I am delighted with the British Military Tournament’s timely salute to our unique, vital and resilient partnership. A partner-ship built on common faith in liberty and human dignity, and fortified by shared service and sacrifice on the battlefield.
As U.S. Ambassador, I am especially proud that the American military will be playing its part in this year’s extravaganza. It is yet another example of the close friendship between our servicemen and women.
I very much hope you enjoy the evening. It is a great opportunity to celebrate the “special relationship”, the achievements of our armed forces, and to remember their extraordinary courage and selfless dedication to duty on our behalf.
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On behalf of ABF The Soldiers’Charity I would like to welcome you to Earls Court and this the second British Military Tournament. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to the Band of the Royal Marines, the RAF Regiment, the RAF Police, the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, the US Army Drill Team and the US Army Europe Band & Chorus. This year the Tournament is not only once again tri-service but international as well.
The work of raising money for the charities that support the nation’s armed services gets no easier. In addition to the vital fund raising work of our regional networks, The Soldiers’ Charity relies on major fund raising events, such as this Tournament, The Big Curry Lunch and The Soldiers’ Challenge to raise the very substantial amount of money – currently our annual target is £14 million a year by 2015 – that we need in order to meet the growing demands that are and will be made upon the charity. This demand is every bit as real for the other services’ charities as it is for us. I am delighted, therefore, that we are able, for the first time, to help them with their own fund raising targets by sharing with them the proceeds of this Tournament. Long may this co-operation be allowed to continue.
The Tournament is designed to be both entertaining and informative. I believe you will come away from the performance having had a good time and, perhaps, having learnt a bit more not only about the work we do but about how it arises. We in turn will benefit from your attendance and for that, on behalf of all three charities, I would like to send you my sincere thanks.
general the lord guthrie of craigiebankgcb lvo obe dl
President of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
The Boeing Company is once again honoured to be the lead sponsor for the British Military Tournament.
Our relationship with the British military extends more than 70 years and is represented by iconic aircraft like the Harvard, Dakota and Boston. It is as vibrant today and represented by other iconic aircraft; the Chinook, C-17 and Apache.
The successful reintroduction of this exceptional event last year demonstrated its enduring value. We are here today to reinforce our commitment and continue our support for the British Armed Forces and their families. Their lives are often funda-mentally changed by their dedicated and courageous service and it deserves to be recognized
The focus of this year’s British Military Tournament is on the “special relationship” between the United Kingdom and the United States, a spirit that naturally resonates with us. The show will cover some of the shared 250-year military history of our countries.
We are delighted that this year’s event will expand to benefit the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity as well as the organizing founders, the Army Benevolent Fund.
Please accept our sincere thanks to all who support this year’s event. It is a privilege for us to be a part of the British Military Tournament 2011.
michael m kurth
Managing Director of Boeing Defence UK Ltd
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An Introduction to
the british Military tournaMent
When, last year, we were given the go-ahead to stage the British Military
Tournament we took the decision to adopt a narrative line rather than to revert to the variety show format of the Tournament’s pre-decessor, the Royal Tournament. Accord-ingly, the inaugural show took the form of a highly abbreviated account of the history of the British Army.
This year, whilst filling in some – but by no means all – of the gaps left in last year’s narrative, we focus on the story of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with the United States of America.
As the show unfolds, you will see that that this relationship has not always been an easy one. Indeed, it would be possible to interpret Churchill’s famous phrase, first coined by him in a speech given at Fulton, Missouri shortly after World War II, as ‘especially awful’ until the late 19th century. And in this
Whilst focusing on the US/UK relation-ship over the past 300 years, the British Military Tournament 2011 is delighted to welcome participating units from the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, both of which services have had, at different times, a pivotal role in our conflicts both against and in partnership with the United States.
I hope that you enjoy this year’s show and that you will want to return next year to see how we devise a Tournament that will celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
christopher joll
Director& Writer
The British Military Tournament 2011
year’s Tournament we are not shirking from showing just how bad it was.
To help us to present this story, we are delighted that the US Army has agreed to provide us with the acclaimed Band of the US Army Europe, based in Heidelberg, and the famous US Army Drill Display Team based in Washington DC. We are also privileged to have the participation of a junior US Army officer in the show, albeit pre-recorded.
Scenes from The British Military Tournament 2010© tournamentimages.com
main The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in their Boer War-themed Musical Drive
below left Members of The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers, Honorable Artillery Company
bottom left The Band of the Grenadier Guards
below Teams from Wellington College compete for the Aegis Trophy in the Field Gun Competition
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ChurChill A very special relationship
In 1946, The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill MP travelled to Westminster College, Fulton,
Missouri, USA to deliver an address. At the time, the College had a strong connection to President Harry S. Truman’s administration and President Truman thought the idea of bringing Churchill to Missouri (Truman’s native state) was a good idea. At the foot of Churchill’s invitation from Westminster College, Truman wrote: ‘This is a wonderful school in my home state. Hope you can do it. I will introduce you.’
So it was that Winston Churchill and President Harry Truman descended upon the little campus of Westminster College on 5th March 1946. Churchill’s address, entitled ‘Sinews of Peace’, delineated the complica-tions and tensions of that moment in world history – less than a year after the end of World War II and at the dawn of the Cold War.
Churchill had been watching the Soviet Union with increasing concern and feared another war: ‘A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory,’ he said, adding, ‘Whatever conclusion may be drawn from these facts … this is certainly not the liberated Europe we fought to build up. Nor is it one which contains the essentials
of permanent peace.’ Churchill then went on to note the tensions mounting between Eastern and Western Europe: ‘From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,’ he said, ‘an “iron curtain” has descended across the continent.’ But in addition to coining this phrase, Churchill also addressed the way in which he believed a war with Eastern Europe could be avoided and in so doing coined a second phrase of equal resonance:
‘Now I come to the crux of what I have travelled here to say. Neither the sure pre-vention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organization will be gained without what I have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples.
‘This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States.
‘This is no time for generalities, and I will venture to be precise. Fraternal associa-tion requires not only the growing friendship and mutual understanding between our two vast but kindred systems of society, but the continuance of the intimate relationship between our military advisers, leading to common study of potential dangers, the similarity of weapons and manuals of in-structions, and to the interchange of officers and cadets at technical colleges. Thus, whatever happens, and thus only, shall we be secure ourselves and able to work together for the high and simple causes that are dear to us and bode no ill to any.
‘If the population of the English-speaking Commonwealths be added to that of the United States with all that such co-operation implies in the air, on the sea, all over the globe and in science and in industry, and in moral force, there will be no quivering, precarious balance of power to offer its temptation to ambition or adventure.
On the contrary, there will be an over-whelming assurance of security.’
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above Churchill and Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference, February 1945 © Getty
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anthony andrews made his West End theatre debut in Alan Bennett’s Forty Years On with John Gielgud. His theatre credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Com pany – Romeo and Juliet and A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream; The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff’s Coming in to Land with Maggie Smith; the Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman’s One of Us; and as Pastor Manders in Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Comedy Theatre in London. Anthony’s first television appearance was in The Beast with Two Backs by Dennis Potter, part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a TV series was in the BBC’s The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) and he starred in Danger UXB (1979). Most famously he received worldwide recog-nition for his portrayal of Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. Anthony went
on to star in Jewels (1992, TV), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination. More recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of Count Fosco in The Woman In White and for his performance as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady, both in the West End and on tour. In 2010, Anthony played Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in the Oscar-winning film, The King’s Speech and was the main commentator for the British Military Tournament 2010.
damien lipman is at the forefront of the new generation of live commentators for military and equestrian events. Commis-sioned into The Life Guards in 1999, Damien served three tours of duty in Afghanistan attached to the Royal Air Force, prior to which he was the officer-in-charge of the Household Cavalry Musical Ride. Damien retired from the Army in 2007. Since then he has started
his own business and been very active in organising fund raising events for military charities and commentating at military events. In 2010 he co-produced ‘Fashion For The Brave’, a high profile fashion industry event that raised funds for the Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund and he was the first military commentator for the British Military Tournament 2010.
rory bremner is best known as a political satirist and impersonator. He contributed impersonations to Spitting Image and Week Ending and, by 1987, he had his own BBC Two show: Now–Something Else. He later moved to Channel 4 with Rory Bremner, Who Else? He hosts Bremner, Bird and Fortune, which (along with its predecessor Rory Bremner, Who Else?) has won numerous awards. In the 1990s he appeared regularly on the Channel 4 improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and in 2005 he was a team
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captain on the BBC Two improvisational satire show Mock The Week. Rory now regu-larly performs on Sunday AM, impersonating politicians, with a review of recent political events and in the run-up to the 2010 UK General Election he undertook a 20-date Election Battlebus Tour, his first stand-up comedy tour in five years.In September 2009, Rory presented a BBC Four documentary, Rory Bremner and the Fighting Scots, about the history of Scots serving in the British Army. He made a guest appearance at the Household Cavalry Christmas Carol Concert (2005) at The Guards Chapel and contributed a range of ‘voices’ to the Chelsea Pageant (2008) at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, both of which events were in aid of Army charities
robert hardy cbe fsa began his career as a classical actor, appearing in 1959 as Sicinius opposite Laurence Olivier in Coriolanus at
Stratford-upon-Avon. He then appeared in Shake speare’s Henry V on stage and in television’s An Age of Kings (1960), and subse-quently played Coriolanus and Sir Toby Belch for the BBC.
It was while playing Henry V that Robert developed an interest in medieval warfare. He has written two books on the subject of the longbow, Longbow: A Social and Military History and The Great War Bow with Matthew Strickland. In 1996, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Robert’s first continuing role in a TV series was as businessman Alec Stewart in the award-winning oil company drama The Troubleshooters for the BBC, which he played from 1966 to 1970. He won further acclaim for his portrayal of the mentally-unhinged Abwehr Sergeant Gratz in LWT’s 1969 war drama Man hunt. He is probably best known to television audiences for his role as the senior veterinarian, Siegfried Farnon, in the
long-running All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990) and to film audiences as the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, in the Harry Potter films.
Robert holds the distinction of having played both Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt on more than one occasion. He played Churchill most notably in Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981), for which he won a BAFTA award, but also in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance. He played Roosevelt in the BBC serial, Bertie and Elizabeth, and in the French TV mini-series, Le Grand Charles, about the life of Charles de Gaulle. On 20th August 2010, Robert read Churchill’s famous wartime address, ‘Never was so much owed by so many to so few’ at a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the speech. He reprises his role as Churchill in this year’s British Military Tournament.
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christopher jollDirector & WriterChristopher has over 25 years experience of devising, designing, writing, promoting, directing and producing major fund raising events in support of charities. Educated at Oxford University, Christopher was commis-sioned into The Life Guards in 1968, leaving in 1975 to pursue a career in business.
Highlights of Christopher’s charity event management activities, which started shortly after he left The Life Guards, include The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Royal Gifts Exhi-bition at St James’s Palace; the Silver Jubilee Royal Cartoons Exhibition at the Press Club; ‘José Carreras & Friends’, a one night Royal Gala Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane performed by José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Ruggiero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli; ‘Serenade for a Princess’, a Royal Gala Concert starring Montserrat Caballé staged at the Banqueting House, Whitehall; ‘Concert for a Prince’, a Royal Gala Concert starring Nellie Miriciou staged at Windsor Castle (the first such event to be held there following the post-fire restoration); the Household Cavalry Christmas Carol Concert, held at The Guards Chapel; the Household Cavalry Pageant 2007, an historical and ceremonial pageant held on Horse Guards Parade in the presence of HM The Queen and the Royal Hospital Centenary Pageant 2008 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal.
Starting in 2008, Christopher worked closely with Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, Chief Executive of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, and Stephen Flint Wood, Managing Director of IMG Arts & Entertainment, to obtain the necessary consents to establish the British Military Tournament which resulted in its first performance at Earls Court on 4th December 2010.
Like the film director, Alfred Hitchcock (although more in the role of the mouse in Terence Cuneo’s paintings) Christopher always contrives to have a walk-on part in each of his productions and this year’s British Military Tournament is no exception.
nick mattingley Production Director & Designer for IMGFrom an early age Nick had an interest in
‘theatre’, presenting at least two sell-out seasons of a fully staged puppet show in his bedroom to a not uncritical audience of relatives and friends. Thereafter, he spent much of his spare time at school working backstage on plays and summer balls. Despite this inclination to the theatre, Nick was encouraged to direct his career ambi-tions into estate and land management, with the end goal of working for the Duchy of Cornwall. After a last minute change of heart, spurred on by his careers adviser but to his parents’ considerable shock, Nick enlisted at the Guildford School of Acting on the stage management course. This set him on a journey that has embraced many genres of theatre and events, involved travelling around the world and working for and with some of the industry’s leading names. After a period in which he was an independent theatre producer, Nick joined IMG Arts and Entertainment full time in 2008. The scope of projects undertaken by the division includes many outdoor events, thus linking in to Nick’s former interest in estate management. Whilst at school, Nick regularly visited the Royal Tournament. Had someone pointed out then that he would be Production Director for the rein-carnated Tournament he would have been even more impatient to get into theatre than he was – which is saying something.
philip evansArtistic DirectorPhilip is probably best described as a poly-math. Sometime photographer and retailer of British arts and crafts, more recently Philip has developed skills as a designer and maker of jewellery, a garden designer, a specialist in Baroque music, particularly the works of George Frideric Handel, and as an author of books for children of all ages.
Philip’s involvement with military tattoos, tournaments and pageants began in 2007 with the Household Cavalry Pageant for which he devised the programme of pre-recorded music, worked closely with the Household Cavalry’s Senior Director of Music devising the live music playlist, and edited both the audio visual programme which backed the Pageant and the subse-
quent DVD of the event. In 2008 he reprised all of these roles for the Chelsea Pageant and again, in 2010, for the inaugural British Military Tournament.
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Assistant Director & Equitation ConsultantRichard has ridden from an early age. At 16 he realised an ambition to join The Life Guards and, after years of hard work and dedication, was commissioned from the ranks to hold the highly prestigious and respected post of Riding Master for the Household Cavalry. In 2002 he realised another lifelong ambition to compete at the Badminton Horse Trials. Richard is currently Chef d’Equipe to the GBR Dressage Team,
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and Coach and Chef d’Equipe to the Two Star Eventing Team. He has several projects in the Middle East and carries out motiva-tional and leadership talks. Richard is an Ambassador for The Brooke Charity and has recently been to Ethiopia and India to visit their field work.
lieutenant colonel graham jones mbe Retd
Assistant Director & Military Music ConsultantGraham Jones started his military career as a musician in the Royal Artillery Band, where he studied the harp under world- renowned harpist Maria Kachinska. Follow-ing three years at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, in 1981 Graham was
appointed Bandmaster of the 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers. On completion of his appointment with the Lancers he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
In 1994, Graham was commissioned and appointed Director of Music of the Lowland Band of the Scottish Division followed, in 1997, by the Band of the Light Division. Three years later, in the rank of Major, he returned to Kneller Hall to command the Training Development Team. Whilst in this appointment he pioneered the Army accred-itation programme linked to Trinity College of Music, London.
Graham was appointed Director of Music of the Band of the Coldstream Guards in
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2001 and, in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, in 2008 he was appointed Senior Director of Music, Household Division.
In additional to his military achievements, Graham holds a Master of Music degree from Reading University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Salford University. He is the first Army Director of Music to be award-ed a DMA. Whilst with the Coldstream Guards, Graham arranged, conducted and published two chart-topping CDs, Heroes and Pride of the Nation.
Graham retired from the Army in November 2011 but continues to lecture, adjudicate, conduct and host a programme on Classic FM.
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music in the foyer
Before each performance the following units will each play a selection of music in the foyer the Pipes & Drums of the London Scottish Regiment, the US Army Europe Band’s groups the ‘Rhine River Ramblers’ and ‘Nightfire’, and the Corps of Drums of the Honourable Artillery Company, Wellington College Combined Cadet Force and the British Youth Corps of Drums
overture
Arrival of the audience in the standsDetails of the music in the Overture can be found on page 65
introduction & ArrivAl of the guest of honour
Anthony Andrews introduces the British Military Tournament 2011 and the Guest of Honourplease stand for the arrival of the Guest of Honour
Trumpet Fanfare * General Salute or National Anthem, played by the Herald Trumpeters of the US Army Europe Band and the Massed Bands of the Grenadier, Scots and Irish Guards, under the direction of Major Douglas Robertson, Scots Guards
entry of the militAry
Soldiers of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, under the command of Captain Lee Dyson RAPTC, are played into the arena by the Massed Bands of the Grenadier, Scots, and Irish Guards, the British Youth Corps of Drums and the Corps of Drums of the Honourable Artillery Company . John Bull played by WOII (BCM) Stuart Marsh (The Blues and Royals) and Uncle Sam played by Darren Ormandy
Drum Flourish * Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland (1942) * Superman (Main Theme) by John Williams (1978)
the chArities
Robert Hardy talks about the work of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity and the RAF Benevolent Fund
the AmericAn WAr of indePendence (1775–1783)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill kg, played by Robert Hardy, introduces the ‘special relation-ship’ and sets the scene for the American Civil War
Lento (Second Movement) from the String Quartet No 12 ‘The American’ by Antonin Dvorák (1893), played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery, under the direction of Captain Craig Hallatt, Royal Artillery
The United States Army Drill Team under the command of Captain Christopher Miorin, HHC 4/3 Infantry (The Old Guard), performs its celebrated drill display to mark America’s victory over the British in the War of Independence
The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa (1896), by Act of Congress the National March of the United States of America, played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
crimeAn WAr (1853–1856)
An audio visual presentation of the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava (25th October 1854)
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The voices of Field Marshal the Lord Raglan and Marshal Pierre Bosquet played by Rory Bremner * The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1854), abbreviated, read by Robert Hardy
Bugle Calls (Walk March – Trot – Charge) played on the Balaclava Bugle by Neil Wishart of The Lancers Display Troop * Garry Owen (trad. Irish tune c. 1788), played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery, a cavalry march closely associated with the regiments that charged at Balaclava
the united stAtes civil WAr (1861–1865)
A re-enactment of the Battle of Franklin (30th November 1864) performed by members of the Southern Skirmishers Association (SOSKAN)
The voices of General Hood and William Howard Russell played by Rory Bremner * In the observation balloon Colonel Seamus O’Flynn played by Patrick Breslin and William Howard Russell by Derek Docksey
entry of general schofield’s union corps Battle Cry of Freedom by George F. Root (1862) was written during the US Civil War and is a patriotic song advocating the cause of the Union * Battle Hymn of the Republic is a traditional American tune, with words by Julia Ward Howe (1861), which became popular during the Civil War, played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
entry of the confederate army of tennessee Dixie attributed to Daniel Decatur Emmett was the de facto anthem of the Confederacy * Bonnie Blue Flag, a traditional Irish tune The Irish Jaunting Car with words by Harry McCarthy (1861), the song’s title refers to the unofficial first Flag of the Confederacy, played outside the arena by the Band of the Scots Guards
victory for the union Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar (1982), played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
skill-At-Arms in the victoriAn erA
A display by the Royal Army Physical Training Corps’ high horse gymnastics display team, trick jumping by Riding Instructors of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, a Mounted Carbine Competition staged by The Lancers Display Troop and death-defying feats performed by members of the Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch
Directed by Major (Retd) Dickie Waygood mbe (formerly The Life Guards) with the assistance of Captain Lee
Dyson (Royal Army Physical Training Corps), Alan Larsen (The Lancers Display Troop), Captain Mark Avison (The
Life Guards, Riding Master Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment) and Inspector Danny Butler (Metropolitan
Police) * Music played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
royal army physical training corps Entry of the Gladiators by Julius Fucík (1897) * The Washington Post by John Philip Sousa (1889) * Farandole from the 2nd L’Arlésienne Suite by Georges Bizet (1879) * Long Live the Magyar Polka ‘The Hungarian’ (Op 332) by Johann Strauss II * Thunder and Lightning Polka (Op 324) by Johan Strauss II (1868)
skill-at-arms Lezghinka (Suite 1, No 8) from Gyaneh by Aram Khachaturian (1942) * A la Chasse (Op 373) by Johann Strauss II (1875) * Vernügungszug ‘The Journey Train’ (Op 281) by Johan Strauss II (1864)
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The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Major Mark Edward, Royal Horse Artillery, performs its famous Musical Drive
Bonnie Dundee trad. words by Sir Walter Scott (c.1830) * Old Towler by William Shield, Master of The King’s Musik (1817) * Gary Owen trad. (c.1788) * Hunting the Hare trad. Irish jig (undated) * Come the Lads and Lasses trad. (undated) * Round the Marble Arch by Noel Gay (c.1930) * Galloping Major by George Henry Bastow (1906) * Light Cavalry by Franz von Suppé (1866) * Post Horn Gallop by Herman Koenig (1844) * John Peel trad., arranged by William Metcalfe (1868) * The Campbells are Coming by John MacColl (1894) * Royal Artillery Slow March attributed to HRH The Duchess of Kent (1836) * Bonnie Dundee, played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
f In termIssIon
During the 25 minute Intermission, the arena party will set up the walls and ramps for the Field Gun Competition to the accompaniment of the traditional Gilbert & Sullivan musical medley
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the field gun comPetition * the 2nd Boer WAr (1899–1902)
In commemoration of the Relief of the Siege of Ladysmith in 1900, two teams (named ‘Powerful’ and ‘Terrible’ after the Royal Navy warships from which the original guns were removed) found by Wellington College, will compete during the British Military Tournament for the Aegis Trophy
Battery Commander Lieutenant Ian Frayne RNR * Bugler India Flanagan * Times and Penalties Vic Barnett (Devon-port Field Gun Association), David Glover (Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Association), Pete Scott (Portsmouth Action Field Gun) and Patrick Brophy (Field Gunners Association)
Bugle Calls and Drum Flourish by the Wellington College CCF Corps of Drums and the Buglers and Corps of Drums of the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Commando Training Centre Lympstone
entry and exit of the teams Heart of Oak by Dr William Boyce (undated) * All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor from Ship Ahoy by A. J. Mill & B. Scott (1909), played in the arena by the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Commando Training Centre Lympstone under the direction of Captain Richard Harvey, Royal Marines
removal of the walls and ramps Sailor’s Hornpipe trad. (1797) * What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor? trad. (1824) * A Life on the Ocean Wave by Henry Russell (1838), with the assistance of Baxterbear and John Bull
The AUDIENCE is invited to clap and sing along during the raising of the Field Gun walls and ramps (words for ‘What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?’ and ‘A Life on the Ocean Wave’ are on page 64)
World WAr i (1914–1918)
The Massed Bands of the Grenadier, Scots and Irish Guards and the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Commando Training Centre Lympstone under the direction of Major Douglas Robertson play iconic tunes of the period. World War I wounded performed by members of SOSKAN
* It’s a Long Way to Tipperary by Jack Judge (1912) * Good-bye-ee by R. P. Weston & Bert Lee (1915) * Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile by Felix Powell (1915)
To mark the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1st April 1918 the Massed Bands are joined in the arena by the Ensign of the Royal Air Force accompanied by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force under the direction of Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines by Ron Goodwin (1965) * Holyrood (Regimental March of the RAF Regiment) by Kenneth Alford (1911) * Songs of the Early Airmen arranged by Squadron Leader Barry Hingley (1999), details of the Songs of the Early Airmen are on page 65
inter-WAr (1919–1938)
In 1927 a group of instructors from the Royal Corps of Signals formed a motorbike display team, which since 1963 has been known as the White Helmets. The team returns to Earls Court for the first time in the 21st century to perform its world famous display, under the command of Captain Alex McPhun, Royal Signals
The Self Preservation Society from The Italian Job by Quincy Jones (1969), played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery, to accompany the Minis in the arena
World WAr ii (1939-1945)
From 3rd September 1939, until the United States of America entered the war against the Axis Pow-ers on 7th December 1941, the British Commonwealth and Empire stood alone in North Africa, the Far East and on the Western European Front against the combined forces of Germany, Austria, Italy and Japan. The voices of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain played by himself and Winston Churchill by Robert Hardy
Andante (Nobilmente e semplice) from Symphony No 1 in A Flat Major (Op 55) by Sir Edward Elgar, played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
To mark the entry of America into the war, the United States Army Europe Band, directed by Lieutenant Colonel Beth Steele perform a medley of iconic tunes from World War II
In the Mood by Glen Miller (1939) * Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael (1927) * How High the Moon by Morgan Lewis (1940) * Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima (1936)
World War II vignettes performed by members of SOSKAN and period vehicles in the arena provided by Andrew Baker (Alvis Fighting Vehicle Society) and Clive Denney (Vintage Fabrics)
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‘the sPeciAl relAtionshiP’
On 5th March 1946 at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA, The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill MP, no longer Prime Minister and not yet a Knight of the Garter (‘I could not receive the Order of the Garter from my sovereign when I have received the order of the boot from his people’), delivered a speech entitled ‘The Sinews of Peace’. In that speech Churchill famously coined the phrases the ‘iron curtain’ and the ‘special relationship’. The voice of Winston Churchill played by Robert Hardy
I Vow to Thee, My Country from Jupiter (No 7, The Bringer of Jollity), The Planets (Op 32) by Gustav Holst (1916), played by the Orchestra of the Royal Artillery
oPerAtion herrick Afghanistan 2011
Members of the UK Military Stabilisation Support Group and the Stabilisation Unit, supported by the RAF Regiment, Royal Engineers and Afghan nationals demonstrate a typical incident in Helmand Province in which the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) works with the Government of Afghanistan, Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police to bring legitimate Governance and long term development to the people of Helmand
Officer Commanding Military Stabilisation Support Team Lieutenant Daniel Neale, Royal Navy * Officer Commanding Royal Engineers Detachment Lieutenant Thomas Scott, 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) * Officer Commanding RAF Regiment detachment Flying Officer Chris Bradshaw, 34 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment * Voice of FALCON 12 Captain Justin Hicks USAF * Stabilisation Advisor Ian King * Afghan nationals under the direction of Laiq Sediqi
Introduction by Anthony Andrews * Jackal AFV provided by Supacat Limited * Letter from Helmand spoken by young British and American officers serving with ISAF
finAle & muster
Anthony Andrews invites the audience to salute the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The units that have performed in the British Military Tournament 2011 are joined in the arena by In Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea to music played by the Massed Bands of the British Military Tournament 2011, under the direction of the Tournament’s Senior Director of Music, Major Douglas Robertson
entry of the troops & the chelsea pensioners The Liberty Bell by John Philip Sousa (1893) * The Old Brigade by Odoardo Barri (1881), played by the Massed Bands
parade of the mounted units Drum Flourish played by the Massed Corps of Drums * Post Horn Gallop by Herman Koenig (1844), played by the Massed Bands
parade of the flags of the united states of america and the united kingdomplease stand for the Parade of the Flags, the National Anthems, Last Post and Reveille and remain standing until the Guest of Honour has left the Royal Box
Trumpet Fanfare by the Herald Trumpeters of the United States Army Europe Band * Drum Flourish by the Massed Corps of Drums
the salute The Officer Commanding the Parade, Major Mark Edward (Commanding Officer, The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery) takes post in front of the Royal BoxBonnie Dundee * The National Anthems of the United States of America and the United Kingdom, played by the Massed Bands * Last Post and Reveille, played by the 17th Lancer Balaclava Bugler, Neil Wishart
the march off Raiders of the Lost Ark (Main Theme) from by John Williams (1981) * The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) from The Empire Strikes Back by John Williams (1980), played by the Massed Bands
exit of the royal army physical training corps Scotland the Brave trad. * Highland Laddie trad., played by the Pipes & Drums of the London Scottish Regiment
vAlete
The departure of the audience from the standsDetails of the music in the Valete can be found on page 65
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The 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) is the US Army’s oldest active
Infantry Regiment and is it’s premiere cer-emonial unit, providing the escort to the President of the United States. Every day, The Old Guard’s soldiers render final honours to America’s fallen heroes both past and present in Arlington National Cemetery.
The US Army Drill Team is the 3rd US Infantry Regiment’s precision drill platoon with the primary mission of showcasing the US Army, both nationally and internation-ally, through breathtaking routines with bayonet-tipped 1903 Springfield rifles.
Through daring and complex performances, the US Army Drill Team acts as a ‘good-will ambassador’ for the Army, supporting com-munity relations and recruiting efforts on behalf of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and the US Army.
The US Army Drill Team was organized to concentrate on precise marching and crisp rifle drill. Consisting of 19 soldiers, the Team performs annually as part of ‘Twilight Tattoo’ (May and June) and ‘Spirit of America’ (September), and year-round at various public events. It has supported The Old Guard’s ceremonial missions, thrilling
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millions of youngsters and proud Americans for more than 50 years. It has also twice won the US Armed Forces Joint Service Drill Competition.
Soldiers are selected for this elite unit after six months of rigorous and competitive drill practice. Trim military bearing, strength, and dexterity are mandatory prerequisites for qualification to the Drill Team. For those selected for the team, the rigours of training never stop. To execute its complicated routines as close to perfection as possible, the team practices constantly.
Today’s US Army Drill Team soldiers and their performances represent one of the finest examples of what dedicated training and teamwork produces in today’s US Army.
main The US Army Drill Team carry out their extraordinary rifle arch formation© 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment
left & above The Old Guard on duty at President Obama’s Inauguration © 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment
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the life guardsThe Life Guards is the senior Regiment of the British Army. Founded, between 1660 and 1661, initially as four Troops of Horse Guards, the Troops saw action in the Jacobite Wars, the Second Dutch War and the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1778 the Troops re-formed into two regiments as the 1st and 2nd Life Guards. Both Regiments fought with distinction in the Waterloo campaign.
For the Egyptian War of 1882, Life Guards formed a Composite Household Cavalry Regiment with the Royal Horse Guards and for the relief of Khartoum in 1884, both Regiments contributed soldiers to the Heavy Camel Regiment and were again formed as a Composite Household Cavalry Regiment for the 2nd Boer War in 1900. In the First World War the 1st and 2nd Life Guards initially fought as a Composite Regiment, later fielding two complete cav-alry regiments. In 1922, the two Regiments were amalgamated to form The Life Guards (1st & 2nd), which in 1928 was simplified to The Life Guards. During World War II, The Life Guards, with the Royal Horse Guards, was re-formed into the 1st Household Cav-alry Regiment (1HCR) and 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment (2HCR).
In 1945, 1 & 2HCR were re-formed into The Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) and equipped with armoured cars, each Regiment contributing a mounted
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squad ron to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment for ceremonial duties in London.
Following World War II, The Life Guards has seen service in Egypt, Aden, Oman, Malaya, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Germany, Northern Ireland and was deployed for the last time as The Life Guards in the Gulf War in 1990.
Since its original formation The Life Guards has changed its identity and its role more often than any other Regiment in the British Army
the blues and royalsThe Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards & 1st Dragoons) is the second most senior Regiment of the British Army and was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) and The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons).
The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) traces its origins to Unton Croke’s Horse, a regiment of Cromwell’s New Model Army. At the Restoration in 1660, the Regiment was re-named the Royal Regiment of Horse (later the Royal Horse Guards). The Regiment saw service in Flanders, at the Battle of the Boyne, in the War of the Austrian Succession and in the Seven Years War. During the Napoleonic Wars, The Blues fought with distinction in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. The Regiment was elevated to the status of Household Cavalry by King George IV, after which it shared the duties of escorting the Sovereign with the two Regiments of Life Guards. In the late 19th century, Blues fought alongside Life Guards in Egypt, the Sudan and South Africa, and, at the end of the First World War, the Regiment was briefly re-formed as the 3rd Guards Machine Gun Battalion. In World War II, the officers and soldiers of The Blues formed the main part of the 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment (2HCR). After World War II, having re-formed once again, The Blues spent the years prior to amalgamation in Germany, Cyprus and Windsor.
Following amalgamation, The Blues and Royals served in Windsor, Northern Ireland, Germany and Cyprus and, in 1982, provided the only armoured reconnaissance troops in the Falklands campaign.
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colonel-in-chief
Her Majesty The Queen
colonel of the life guards
General the Lord Guthrie of Craigebank gcb lvo obe dl
colonel of the blues and royals
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal lg lt gcvo
commander household cavalry
Colonel Stuart Cowen, The Blues and Royals
commanding officer household cavalry regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Eyre, The Blues and Royals
commanding officer household cavalry mounted regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hughes, The Blues and Royals
riding master
Captain Mark Avison, The Life Guards
The Household Cavalry is an independent Corps within the British Army compris-
ing two Regiments: The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). Following ‘Options for Change’, in 1992 the two Regiments, whilst maintain-ing their individual identities, formed a union. The Household Cavalry Regiment, based in Windsor, is equipped for the for-mation reconnaissance role and has, since its formation, been involved in operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is equipped with horses for mounted State ceremonial and public duties and is based at Hyde Park Barracks in London. Officers and soldiers of the Household Cavalry are all dual-trained and move regularly between the two roles.
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The formation of The Queen’s Royal Lancers occurred in 1993, when the
16th/5th and 17th/21st Lancers amalgam-ated and reformed as an Armoured Regiment equipped with Challenger 2 tanks. In 2005 the Regiment re-rolled as a Formation Reconnaissance Regiment.
The various constituent Regiments of The Queen’s Royal Lancers trace their formation back to the 18th century and, in the case of the 5th Lancers, to the late 17th century.
Over the course of their history, the Regiments saw service in almost every corner of the British Empire and fought in famous campaigns including the American War of Independence, the Peninsular War, the Waterloo campaign, the Crimean
War, Boer War, and World Wars I and II. More recently, The Queen’s Royal Lancers
has deployed on exercises and operations to a number of countries including Lebanon, Cyprus, Belize, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Regiment’s famous motto cap badge is a death’s head skull and crossed thigh bones with a scroll ‘Or Glory’ below. The death’s head cap badge of the 17th Light Dragoons, was chosen by their founder Colonel John Hale to commemorate the death of his good friend General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec. The Regiment went on to deserve its nickname as the ‘Death or Glory Boys’ with its role in the front line of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
the queen’s royal lanCers
colonel-in-chief
Her Majesty The Queen
colonel of the regiment
Major General Andrew Cumming cbe
the queen’s royal lancers museum Recently re-established at Thoresby Park, The Queen’s Royal Lancers Museum contains a collection of arms, uniforms, medals, silver and paintings that illustrate the Regiments’ part in the great battles of the last three centuries. It includes artefacts from the American War of Independence, the Battle of Waterloo, the Charge at Aliwal, the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War, the Charge at Omdurman, the Boer War,World War I and II, the Gulf War and Afghanistan.
The collection includes an original ‘red-coat’ as worn during the American War of Independence, a tin of chocolate from the Boer War, and the actual bugle blown to sound the Charge of the Light Brigade.
the lancers display troopThe Lancers Display Troop consists of skilled cavalry enthusiasts, both servicemen and civilians, with considerable experience in research, reconstruction and the presen-tation of mounted Parades and Skill- at-Arms Displays.
The aim of the Troop is to provide the event-going public with an accurate recon-struction of Victorian cavalry at its most impressive – and no British cavalry regi-ment was better known than the ‘Death or Glory Boys’.
At 11am on 25th October 2004, on behalf of The Queen’s Royal Lancers, The Lancers Display Troop paraded, amidst intense international media coverage, at Balaclava in the Crimea. After 150 years, to the minute, the notes of The Charge and The Last Post rang out again from the Balaclava Bugle.
Unique to the Lancers Display Troop is the Mounted Carbine Competition. Two teams, one in the scarlet tunics of the 16th Lancers and the other in the blue tunics of the 17th Lancers, load and fire original single shot Martini Cavalry Carbines at the gallop and compete to be the first to burst their team’s balloons. It is a challenging under-taking, reflecting the dash and spirit of the British cavalry – so select your favourite team and cheer them on!
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the King’s trooP royal horse artillerycaptain general royal artillery
Her Majesty The Queen
honorary colonel
Major General Matthew Sykes cvo
commanding officer
Major Mark Edward
troop captain
Captain Alexander Markwick
‘King’s’. On her accession, The Queen declared that the name The King’s Troop was to be retained in honour of her father.
The King’s Troop’s 13-pounder guns, named for the weight of shot, were used in World War I and are still in use today, albeit ceremonially. Although The King’s Troop is primarily a ceremonial unit, with responsi-bility for firing gun salutes on state occasions, it has an operational role as part of the territo-rial defence of the United Kingdom and it may have up to six men or women deployed on overseas operations at any one time.
The Troop is most often seen providing gun salutes on State occasions in Hyde Park
and Green Park. It also mounts The Queen’s Life Guard at Horse Guards when the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment go away for summer camp.
Together with the Household Division, The King’s Troop appears every June at The Queen’s Birthday Parade, on Horse Guards Parade, to celebrate The Queen’s Official Birthday. Along with all guns of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, the guns are its colours and are acknowledged as such by The Queen and all on parade. The guns take precedence over all other regiments when on parade and so, when the mounted troops rank past The Queen at the culmination of the parade, The King’s Troop is given the distinction of doing so before the Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry.
After the ceremony, The King’s Troop moves to Green Park, adjacent to Bucking-ham Palace, where it fires a 41-gun salute, which is a 21-gun salute with an additional 20 rounds fired because the gun position is in a Royal Park.
The 119 horses of The King’s Troop will shortly be moving to a new, purpose built barracks at Woolwich.
the musical driveThe King’s Troop has performed the Musical Drive at every Royal Tournament from its formation in 1947 to the final Royal Tourna-ment on 2nd August 1999. The Musical Drive can be seen at shows around the United Kingdom, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May every year – and, once again, at the British Military Tournament.
Many of the manoeuvres of the Musical Drive have remained unchanged since it was first performed in 1897. The start, known as the Big Drive, features the Scissors, where the whole team criss-crosses at the gallop, displaying choreography, teamwork and discipline. Another manoeuvre, the Wagon Wheel, depicts an inner wheel, spokes, and an outer wheel.
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main The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery arrive in Green Park to give a 41-gun royal salute© Getty
left In the surf at Blackpool © Getty
The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a unit of the Royal Regiment of Artil-
lery and a part of the Regular Army. It was so named in 1947 when King George VI decided that, following the mechanisation of the last batteries of horse drawn artillery, a troop of horse artillery should be kept to take part in the great ceremonies of State. So, during a visit to St John’s Wood, he declared that the Riding Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery would be known as His Troop or The King’s Troop. The King enacted this proclamation by amending the page on the visitors book of the Troop in manuscript, striking out the word ‘Riding’ and inserting
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Royal Engineers, or Sappers as they are more commonly known, have blazed a
trail of innovation and achievement through-out history. The term Sappers originates from the trenches or ‘saps’ which military engi-neers constructed towards enemy positions in order to place explosive charges under enemy positions or in order to allow a cov-ered approach to a final assault position.
The Corps of Royal Engineers has a long heritage that few others can rival. The Corps can claim direct descent from the military engineers brought to England in 1066 by William the Conqueror. Since that time, it has lived up to its motto Ubique or ‘Every-where’ and has been intimately involved in developing the Empire, supporting the Commonwealth and taking the lead in coalition operations the world over.
royal engineers
colonel-in-chief
Her Majesty The Queen
chief royal engineer
General Sir Peter Wall kcb cbe adc gen
officer commanding bridging unit
Lieutenant Thomas Scott re
Royal Engineers have been at the forefront of change and innovation for many years and have been instrumental in introducing new technology to the British Army including military diving, telegraphy and the develop-ment of the tank. Several new organisations owe their genesis to the Royal Engineers including, in 1912, the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force); the Royal Corps of Signals which formed in 1920; the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers which formed in 1941 and, in the civilian sector, the Ordnance Survey, which was developed from the early Royal Engineer surveyors.
Throughout history, Sapper officers have risen to the top of their profession, not just in combat engineering roles but as military commanders. Brigadier General Charles Gordon of the Royal Engineers rose to fame leading the armies of Imperial China against the Tai-pings and was to die as Governor of Sudan defending Khartoum; Field Marshall Earl Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War from 1914 to 1916 was another Royal Engineer and the present Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, is the latest in a long line of successful Sappers.
Sappers have built roads, bridges and railways all over the world and, perhaps most importantly, surveyed and produced
main A member of an Engineer search team, Afghanistan© MoD/Crown Copyright
far left Sappers on Operation HERRICK © MoD/Crown Copyright
centre left A Trojan combat engineering vehicle on Operation HERRICK© MoD/Crown Copyright
left Constructing the Workington Bridge, Cumbria© MoD/Crown Copyright
the first accurate maps of not only the United Kingdom, but most of the British Empire. The Corps was heavily involved in architec-ture and construction – Chatham and Portsmouth dockyards and the Royal Albert Hall are testament to this expertise.
In its 900-year history, the Royal Engineers have been involved in every major conflict in which the British Army has fought, as well as post-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian roles, disaster relief and nation building around the world. As a result, in the last 30 years, Sappers have taken part in operations in countries as far afield as the Falkland Islands, Kuwait, Iraq, Rwanda, Angola, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Cyprus and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to name just a few.
On operations, Royal Engineers provide the full gamut of engineering support that allows the Force to live, move and fight and includes elements dedicated to supporting the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Special Forces. Sappers are all trained as soldiers, combat engineers and artisans, meaning their tasks can be as diverse as providing bridging and mobility support to combat units, building fortifications, accommoda-tion and roads, providing key utilities such as power, water and fuel, providing geospatial intelligence and searching for, then disposing of, unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. This often results in the Sapper being the first to arrive in an opera-tional theatre and the last to leave.
With a strength of close to 10,000 (about 10 per cent of the Regular Army) the Corps is organised into 17 Regular Army Regiments and a wide variety of specialist supporting units. These regular soldiers are compli-mented by five regiments and a number of specialist units from the Royal Engineers Territorial Army based throughout the United Kingdom. The bridging team taking part in the display today is from 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and has recently returned from an operational tour in Afghanistan supporting 16 Air Assault Brigade.
The Royal Engineers’ commitment to originality, ingenuity and the solving of practical challenges is as strong today as it has ever been. The Corps of Royal Engineers is proud to play its part in Defence and continues to be an essential force for good the world over.
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Reliable communications and the swift accurate passage of important infor-
mation has always been vital to the conduct of successful military operations. Following the Abyssinian War of 1867, a Signal Wing was formed by the Royal Engineers at Chat ham. In 1884, the Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers was formed and took part in the Nile Campaign, later playing a prominent role in the Ashanti Campaign of 1895–1896.
Signalling remained the responsibility of the Telegraph Battalion during the Boer War until 1908, when the Royal Engineer Signals Service was formed and provided commu-nications during World War I.
The first official agreement to form a separate Signal Corps was made in 1918 but due to policy delays the formation of the Corps was delayed until 1920.
A Royal Warrant was signed by the Secre-tary of State for War, the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill on 28th June 1920. Six weeks lat-er, King George V conferred the title Royal Corps of Signals.
Throughout World War II, members of the Corps served in every theatre of war and, by the end of the war, the Corps had a serving strength of 8,518 officers and 142,472 soldiers.
In the immediate post-war period, the Corps played a full and active part in numer-ous campaigns but, until the end of the Cold War, the main body of the Corps was deployed with the British Army of the Rhine providing the British Forces’ contribution to NATO with its communications infrastructure.
More recently, members of the Corps have been involved in operations in the
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colonel-in-chief
HRH The Princess Royal lg lt gcvo
the master of signals
Lieutenant General Robert Baxter cbe
signal officer-in-chief (army)
Brigadier T J P Watts obe adc
officer commanding white helmets display team
Captain Alex McPhun
Falkland Islands, the peace-keeping force in the Lebanon, supervising the peaceful transition of Namibia to independence and 3,000 members of the Corps joined Opera-tion GRANBY in the Persian Gulf. Since then, members of the Corps have been deployed to East Timor, Kurdistan, to the states of Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo, the Western Sahara, Cambodia, Rwanda, Angola Zaire, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Today’s Corps, built on a fine tradition, now moves into the developing Information Warfare era of the future in which it strives to live up to its motto, ‘Certa Cito’, which freely translated means ‘Swift and Sure’.
the white helmetsThe Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team, ‘The White Helmets’, comprises 25 volun-teer soldiers from the Corps, all of whom are qualified signallers who have success-fully completed an arduous induction process in the winter and spring months, which gains them the right to wear the coveted white helmet.
The record-holding team has existed as a recognised organisation since the first public displays of joint precision horseman-ship and motorcycle riding were given by instructors and students from the Signal Training Centre in Yorkshire in 1927.
In giving their traditional thrilling and disciplined arena displays on British Mil-lennium Triumph 750cc motorcycles, they clearly show all the qualities of teamwork, courage, trust, strength and agility that are needed in the modern Army. In their im-maculate uniforms, the Team performs spectacular feats of balance, death-defying crossover rides and outstanding acrobatics.
Respected and consulted throughout the world, and envied by many, the Royal Signals White Helmets is a popular element of the Corps and makes a valuable contribution to keeping the Army in the public eye, showing off the Corps, and representing Britain at events throughout the world.
The White Helmets perform their famous human pyramid and other stunts © Royal Corps of Signals
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Following the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny the War Office decided
that the military curriculum should include attention to welfare and physical fitness. Thus in 1860 Major Hammersley and 12 senior non-commissioned officers, drawn from various units in the British Army, were sent to Oxford University for a 6-month physical training course run by a Mr McLaren, an authority on physical education in the 19th century. On completion of the course the instructors were then posted to various garrisons in the United Kingdom and thus in 1860 the Army Gymnastic Staff (AGS) came into being. Between 1890 and 1897 the Army Gymnastic Staff assumed responsibility for bayonet fighting in addition to physical training, boxing, fencing, and gymnastics. The first official manual of physical training for the Army was published in 1908, which laid down the standard and tests to be
achieved throughout the Army. On the out-break of World War I a directive was issued to form a new Staff. It formed in France under the title The Army Physical Training and Bayonet Staff a title which was retained until 1918. From 1919 until 1940 the Corps was known as the Army Physical Training Staff (APTS).
During mobilisation at the outbreak of World War II, a vast expansion of the APTS took place. Purposeful training to harden troops for the battlefield was the order of the day. Battle fitness was taught at all levels in units throughout the United Kingdom and overseas physical training schools were established. The APTS was granted Corp status on the 16th September 1940. Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein kg gcb dso was appointed as the first Colonel Commandant of the Army Physical Training Corps in 1946.
royal arMy PhysiCal training CorPscolonel commandant
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie gcb obe dl
commandant raptc
Brigadier Ben Bathurst obe (late Welsh Guards)
senior master at arms royal army physical training corps
Lieutenant Colonel Alan Billings RAPTC
officer commanding the display team
Captain (MAA) Lee Dyson RAPTC
display team leader
WOII (QMSI) S Chappell RAPTC
At the Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall on 13th November 2010, it was announced that Her Majesty The Queen graciously approved the Royal title for the Corps. To commemorate this award, on 17th September 2011 the Royal Army Physical Training Corps exercised its right to the Freedom of the Borough of Rushmoor with a parade through Aldershot town centre.
Royal Army Physical Training instructors are deployed worldwide in Field Force Units, training establishments, rehabilitation units and adventurous training units. The roles have become more diverse, but the main focus remains that of 1860: keeping the British Army Fit to Fight.
main RAPTC High Horse team, Edinburgh Tattoo 2010© Laura Suárez, asturdesign.net
above The RAPTC Associtation standard
below The Corps celebrates its Royal title with a parade through Aldershot, September 2011 © Cliff Samuel-Camps
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overseas from its headquarters in Minley, near Camberley, Surrey. MSSG personnel deployed overseas apply the skills that they have learnt on the group’s training exercises at home and abroad to deliver stabilising effect. In particular, they seek to prevent or reduce violence; protect the population and key infrastructure; promote political processes which lead to greater stability and to prepare states for sustainable social and economic development.
The Group’s principal focus is currently to support the International Security Force Assistance (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. Working with civilian Stabilisation Advisors the teams operate with British and Danish troops, delivering a better future to the peo-ple of Helmand Province through Security, Governance and Socio-economic Develop-ment programmes. Additionally the MSSG has skilled personnel poised for contingent operations and has recently deployed staff to Libya, East Africa and Haiti.
The Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) is a unique Defence or-
ganization that provides the United King-dom with an array of skills and knowledge that can be used to help stabilise countries around the world that are either emerging from conflict or at risk of sliding into chaos.
The MSSG’s activities are often in support of the British Government’s Stabilisation Unit, a civilian body that co-ordinates the nation’s international stabilisation efforts. Whilst in many cases the Stabilisation Unit’s civilian experts are able to deliver the required effect, there are places where the
security situation makes it preferable to use the MSSG’s military personnel rather than un-armed civilians.
The group is made up of full-time Regular personnel from all three Armed Services as well as part-time Reservists from the Territo-rial Army and Royal Auxiliary Air Force. This blend enables the MSSG to make the most of the Regulars’ ability to plan and respond to emerging crises and the Reservists’ civilian expertise.
Since its formation in 2009, the MSSG has delivered stabilisation training to the British Armed Forces and supported operations
Military stabilisation suPPort grouP
main WO1 Gaz Davies engaging with a village elder and teacher at an Afghan school© MoD
left A Shura between members of 3 Para and village elders following the clearance of Naqilabad Kalay © MoD
above A District Governor speaking at an outreach Shura© Tim Gurney
commander
Colonel A. S. Richmond obe
regimental sergeant major
WO1 P. Walsh, The Rifles
officer-in-charge, british military tournament
Lieutenant Daniel Neale, Royal Navy
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The officer and personnel of the Royal Air Force Regiment and RAF Police perform-
ing in the British Military Tournament 2011 are drawn from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment and 7 Squadron, No 2 RAF Police Wing.
Formed in 1942, during World War II, the RAF Regiment was born of the official recognition of the necessity for an indigenous and credible RAF ground defence force with the specific task of guarding airfields.
Since World War II, the RAF Regiment has been involved in operations in the Balkans, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, as well as maintaining Force Protection for RAF assets deployed in the Middle East.
Operation GRANBY, the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, saw the largest deployment of RAF Regiment personnel since the end of World War II, with the Regiment contributing 19 per cent of the total RAF force in-theatre, with some units advancing into Kuwait with the lead elements of Allied forces.
The RAF Regiment returned to the desert of Iraq in 2003 where many of its squadrons were involved in the invasion of Iraq as part of Operation TELIC. As Operation TELIC continued, the RAF Regiment assumed responsibility for the Force Protection of Basra Air Station. This task they carried out until British Forces left Iraq in May 2009, by which time the RAF Regiment was the last British ground-holding unit in Iraq.
The RAF Regiment takes the lead on Force Protection for the RAF and is responsible for ensuring the protection of deployed RAF assets around the world. The RAF Force Protection Centre, located at the RAF Regi-ment’s home at RAF Honington, provides specialist training and advice in all areas of Force Protection and is pivotal in training and preparing RAF personnel for operations.
With the advent of military operations in Afghanistan the RAF Regiment sustained a concurrent commitment for nearly a decade with squadrons rotating between locations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and latterly at
the royal air ForCeregiMent
air commodore-in-chief
Her Majesty The Queen
commandant general
Air Commodore R. W. La Forte cbe ma ba raf
force element commanding officer
Squadron Leader M. Williams 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
officer commanding arena team
Flying Officer Chris Bradshaw 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
differing locations in Southern Afghanistan. In addition individual Regiment personnel have deployed world-wide conducting a wide variety of tasks: training indigenous security forces, capacity building with allied nations, on exchange posts with Interna-tional Allies or with NATO and as UN military observers.
Whilst continuing to provide first rate Air-minded Force Protection to deployed RAF and allied air force assets, the RAF Regiment also contributes a Flight of men and specialist Air staff to the Special Forces Support Group, and provides nearly half of all Defence’s Tactical Air Control Party capability and many of its Forward Air Controllers. These units and individuals coordinate all Air activity from Close Air Support to casualty evacuation. They are in turn coordinated by a host of Regimental personnel in Liaison and Staff positions within Land and Maritime Headquarters.
royal air force policeprovost marshal (royal air force)
Group Captain J. W. Whitmell maed ba raf
The RAF Police dog handlers performing in the British Military Tournament 2011 are drawn from 7 Squadron, No 2 Police Wing. RAF Police training and working with dogs started in 1942 when the then Provost Marshal (RAF) saw the dogs as a cost effective and highly efficient way of protecting airfields and valuable assets.
Since then, RAF Police Military Working Dogs have been involved in operations in the Falklands, Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, and they provided vital Arms and Explosive Search capabilities throughout the troubles in Northern Ireland. During Operations GRANBY and TELIC, RAF Police Dog teams were actively involved in Force Protection and security duties including guarding and movement of Iraqi POWs.
The RAF Police use Military Working Dog teams in the UK and overseas (including the Falklands, Cyprus and Gibraltar) in multiple roles including Arms and Explo-sive Search (AES) and Drug Detection and Patrol. Currently, in Afghanistan the RAF Police, including Dog teams, are conducting operations against the Taliban as part of Operation HERRICK in multiple roles and especially as part of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force providing AES, Vehicle Search and Patrol teams.
main An RAF Regiment gunner observes his arcs
at Joint Operating Base Camp Bastion, Afghanistan© Sqn Ldr M. Williams
left An RAF Regiment Jackal on patrol during Operation HERRICK© Sqn Ldr M. Williams
centre left RAF Police on patrol in Afghanistan© Sqn Ldr John Duffy
far left A foot patrol from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment on Operation HERRICK© Sqn Ldr M Williams
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The Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch has a long and distinguished
history. Sir John Fielding, the Bow Street Magistrate who wanted to stop highwaymen troubling residents and visitors to London as they travelled to and from the fast growing city, originally created Mounted Peace Officers in 1758. These were the famous
‘Redbreasts’, so called because they wore red waistcoats. They were very successful in curbing thefts and robberies around the turnpikes.
The Metropolitan Police Service was formed in 1829 and the Mounted Peace Officers became part of the Metropolitan Police in 1836. Their role has clearly developed
MetroPolitan PoliCe
commissioner of the metropolitan police
Bernard Hogan-Howe qpm
head of the mounted branch
Chief Inspector Bob Barker
mounted activity ride officer
Inspector Danny Butler
and changed since then, but they will always have an important part to play in the work of the Metropolitan Police.
With a strength of over 140 officers and 120 horses based at seven operational stables spread across London, their job sees them carrying out a variety of roles including high visibility patrols and public order duties as well as specific crime initiatives and specialist events like The Queen’s Birthday Parade.
Every officer and horse receives extensive training at Imber Court, the Mounted Branch’s training establishment based in Thames Ditton, Surrey, to ensure both horse and rider are well equipped to deal with the rigours of policing in the capital.
New horses for the Mounted Branch undergo a four-week trial at Imber Court and, if suitable and showing potential, they are purchased. There is a three-stage training programme that usually lasts about six months. During this, the horses are exposed to and familiarized with all the hazards, sights and sounds they will experience as a London police horse.
The Metropolitan Police Activity Ride, which has performed at a wide range of venues over recent years across the UK and Europe, provides a fast moving display demonstrating a high level of skill and agility from both the horses and the officers. Inch-perfect timing, total commitment, professionalism and complete trust are required for the Ride, which demonstrates the abilities of a working police horse. All the horses will return to duty after the show, to help keep London safe.
The members of the Metropolitan Police Activity Ride involved in the British Military Tournament appear by kind permission of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Bernard Hogan-Howe.
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bands
grenadier guardsdirector of music
Captain Michael Smith ba(Mus) lrsm
The Band of the Grenadier Guards is the oldest of all of the bands in the British Army, with a history dating back over 300 years.
In 1685 King Charles II allowed the band to maintain 12 hautbois players (the hautbois is a ‘family’ of reeded woodwind instruments that are the forerunners of today’s oboes, clarinets and bassoons). His death in 1685 was so significant for the band that until World War II, the Bass Drummer (known officially as The Regimental Timebeater) wore a black armband in mourning for the King’s death.
The size of the ensemble has changed over time, starting off with between 12 and 19 players in the 18th century, to a peak by the end of the 1970s of 70 musicians. Today there are 42 band members.
In 1872, the Band of the Grenadier Guards was the first British Army unit to enter the United States of America in uniform since the War of 1812.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards is based in central London and its primary objectives are to support state events and public ceremonial across the capital and further afield. The Band can be seen on many occasions in public including on the Guard Mount at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and, of course, The Queen’s Birthday Parade.
scots guardsdirector of music
Major Douglas Robertson
Although the precise origins of the Band of the Scots Guards are unknown, it is known that in 1716 the Regiment had a small band of hautbois players.
The band grew in strength during the early part of the 19th century and by 1838 had 32 instrumentalists. Throughout the 19th century the band expanded until, in
1888, there was an establishment of 44.During 1916 they entertained troops at
Ypres and the Somme and during World War II they entertained troops on the home front – this was sometimes through the me-dium of wireless, an example being 18th March 1942 when at 1 am, the band report-ed for a BBC overseas broadcast at the Paris
Cinema. Musicians also found themselves on Fire Watch duties based at Egerton House, Buckingham Gate.
The Scots Guards (with three of their col-leagues from the Irish Guards band) were the only Foot Guards band to be deployed on active service during the Gulf War in 1990. Many different hospital duties were
The Corps of Drums, 1st Battallion the Grenadier Guards © Bonnie L. Blanton, www.redbubble.com/people/Silvertron66
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Willcocks and Lt Col ‘Jiggs’ Jaeger also con-ducted the Black Dyke Mills Band at the National Brass Band Championships.
Over the years the Band has toured extensively, including a visit to Japan in 1972, where it was accorded the honour of being the first foreign band ever to play in the Imperial Palace in the presence of the Empress and the two Crown Princesses. Three members of the Band served in the first Gulf War of 1990/91, and in June 1999 the Band deployed to Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping force.
The Band is now based at Wellington Barracks in London and provides musical support for all major ceremonial events in London and at Windsor. In 2010 the band undertook an eleven week coast-to-coast tour of North America.
royal artillerydirector of music
Captain Craig Hallatt
Formed in 1762, the Royal Artillery Band is currently based in Woolwich, the former regimental home and headquarters of the Royal Artillery. The band provides music to the British Army’s formations both in peace and on operations. As one of eight London-based State bands, the Royal Artillery Band supports all State ceremonial duties, includ-ing the historic Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, and all Royal and State Visit Gun Salutes with The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park and Green Park.
When not employed on ceremonial duties, the Royal Artillery band retains strong links with its parent regiment, performing for the Royal Artillery at its Headquarters in Larkhill, and for its many regiments around the world.
It has long been a tradition for its musi-cians to be competent on both string and wind instruments, and so the Royal Artillery band is the only British Army band able to perform independently as a wind band or as a concert orchestra, making it the oldest-established orchestra in Great Britain.
In 2010 the Royal Artillery Band was the official military band of England Rugby for the centenary year of the Rugby Football Union and performed at all of the RBS Six Nations home matches at Twickenham.
included in their work there, while attached to the various departments of 33 General Hospital based in Saudi Arabia. The band played at the handover ceremony in Hong Kong in 1997 and it maintains a heavy programme of overseas performance tours.
irish guardsdirector of music
Major Wayne Hopla
The Irish Guards was formed on 1st April 1900 to commemorate the bravery of the many Irish regiments that fought in the South African campaigns. Under the direc-tion of its first Bandmaster, Warrant Officer Charles Hassell, the Regimental Band made its first public appearance the following year.
The Band quickly gained a reputation for excellence, evidenced by the glowing press reports in 1905 for what turned out to be the first of many tours of Canada. The citizens of Toronto were so impressed with its perfor-mance that they presented the Band with an ornate silver cup, which to this day remains
one of its most cherished possessions. On 23rd January 1923, the Band made
what is believed to be the very first broadcast by a military band, the programme being broadcast live on the 2LO station from a studio in Marconi House in The Strand. In the 1950s the Band was chosen to give the UK premier performance of Paul Hindemith’s Symphony for Concert Band. In 1948, the Band travelled to Palestine to sup-port the Guards battalions involved in the troubles. Sadly, during this time the Band was ambushed and one member, Lance Corporal Ted Jones, was shot and killed. He is buried in Sarafand Military Cemetery.
The Band has also made numerous appearances on television and in films, including The Ipcress File, and Oh! What a Lovely War, as well as being engaged to whistle Colonel Bogey for the soundtrack of The Bridge on the River Kwai. A number of former Band members have continued their careers with national orchestras, including the Hallé, the BBC Symphony and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Two former Directors of Music, Major George
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the pipes & drums of the london scottish regimentcolonel of the regiment
Colonel David Rankin-Hunt lvo mbe td
band president
Lieutenant Colonel Peter McLelland obe
The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers were raised in 1859 under the command of Lt Col Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March, who clothed the Regiment in the now famous Hodden Grey. The Pipes & Drums were formed the following year, and 2010 was thus their 150th Anniversary, jus-tifying the belief that they are the oldest Vol-unteer Pipe Band in the world.
The London Scottish Regiment has a distinguished history, being the first Terri-torial unit to land in France in 1914 and, at Messines on 31st October 1914, the first Territorial infantry battalion to be in action against the Germans. In 2006, the London Regiment transferred from the Queen’s Division to the Household Division, and the London Scottish is, naturally, paired with the Scots Guards.
The Pipes & Drums undertake a signifi-cant number of high profile public duties, ranging from the annual Lord Mayor’s Parade, through ceremonial functions such as The Queen’s Birthday Parade in Gibraltar and Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade, to spectacles such as the British Military Tournament. The Pipes & Drums have ap-peared on television, in theatre productions, numerous concerts and have also released two CDs: Strike Sure and Tunes of Glory.
royal marinesdirector of music
Captain Richard Harvey BMus (Hons) lrsm AMustcl rm
The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Commando Training Centre Lympstone is one of five Royal Marines Bands based around the United Kingdom.
It can trace its direct lineage to 1767 and has changed both home and name several times. As a mark of its succession, the mem-bers of the band wear a unique cap badge that includes the Prince of Wales’ Plumes awarded to the Plymouth Divisional Band by the then Prince of Wales, later HM King Edward VIII, in 1920 following a most successful tour
but also for their superb musicianship. The band is continually called upon for
musical support and engagements can range from parades, mess functions, television and radio broadcasts, recordings, major sporting events and charity fundraising concerts to overseas deployments. Their work abroad may include a requirement to accompany members of the Royal Family, support trade delegations or being em-barked in a Royal Naval warship for the many amphibious exercises that are under-taken around the globe.
of Australasia and the Pacific Islands.The band’s principal role is to provide
musical support of the highest professional standard to the Naval Service. It can perform in a wide variety of differing musical combi-nations that include parade band, wind band, symphony orchestra, big band, dance band, jazz band, Corps of Drums and a number of small chamber groups. The play-ers are amongst the most versatile in the world and are appreciated not only for the visual splendour of their ceremonial uniform, with distinctive white helmets,
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The Band of the Royal Marines © Bernie Condon
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Germany, Hong Kong, USA and Hungary, in 2005 the band travelled to Australia to take part in Sydney’s ‘Edinburgh Tattoo’. Later in the year, another Tattoo took the musicians of the Central Band to Moscow, Russia.
The Central Band was involved in the 2008 celebrations for the 90th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force. Aside from the normal busy schedule, the band performed an Anniver-sary Concert Tour throughout the UK, carried out public duties at Buckingham Palace alongside The Queen’s Colour Squad ron and provided musical support to the Royal Stan-dard and Colour presentation by Her Majesty The Queen at Royal Air Force Fairford.
the u.s. army europe bandcommander & conductor
Lieutenant Colonel Beth T M Steele
enlisted bandleader
Sergeant Major Robert Burford
The United States Army Europe Band is stationed at Tompkins Barracks in Schwetz-ingen, Germany. The Band was originally activated in 1940. With its partner group, the United States Army Europe Soldiers’ Chorus, it is currently the US Army’s third largest musical organization, the biggest
outside the United States, and the US Army’s premier musical ambassador in Europe.
The United States Army Europe Band & Chorus is an extremely versatile ensemble, always in great demand. Components per-forming at the British Military Tournament are the 35-member ceremonial group, ‘Nightfire’, a Pop/Rock group, and the ‘Rhine River Ramblers’, a Dixieland band. Other components include the 65-piece concert band, ‘USAREUR Groove’, a R&B/Soul/Pop group, a jazz combo, brass quintet, and woodwind quintet. Members earn their positions by special audition and most have performed or taught professionally prior to their military service. A majority hold degrees in music from highly regarded universities and conservatories.
The Rhine River Ramblers, who are performing in the foyer before each perfor-mance, are experts in the New Orleans jazz genre. The eight-member group performs jazz classics from Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbecke and the great era of jazz plus New Orleans street music, brass bank and funk. The Rhine River Ramblers have performed in Moscow, London, Cairo, Berlin and Krakow.
Nightfire, The US Army Europe’s rock band, consists of six musicians drawn from
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force © Andy Holmes/Crown Copyright
The band has a key military role in the event of hostilities. Whilst not commando trained, since the formation of the ‘modern’ Royal Marines Band Service in 1905, Royal Marines Bands have undertaken a variety of roles by sea and land on active service in almost every operation involving the Royal Marines from World War I right up to recent conflicts in the Falklands, Gulf, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. The Band of the Royal Marines, Commando Training Centre Lympstone, has recently returned from duty in Afghanistan working with the Joint Force Medical Group and this is one of its first engagements since then.
the central band of the royal air forcedirector of music
Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs m(Mus) frsm arcm lgsm ra
Music has been a part of the Royal Air Force since 1912, when the service existed as the Royal Flying Corps. In 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed and by 1920, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force was established.
The Central Band has several notable achievements in its history. In 1922 it was the first military band to broadcast on BBC radio, (a claim also made by the Band of the Irish Guards, passim) remaining to this day the most frequently featured military band in that medium. It was also the first military band to make a long-playing record. In April 1955, HMV released a recording of what is to this day the most requested piece in their repertoire, Eric Coates’ music for the film The Dambusters.
Over the years, the Central Band has made many recordings. Salute To Heroes, released in 1990, sold over 60,000 copies in two years, resulting in the award of a silver disc. Two complementary recordings, Heroes of the Air and Salute to the Royal Air Force have proved just as popular. As one of the premier military bands in the United Kingdom, the Central Band is always in great demand, undertaking more than 370 engagements a year and travelling a distance of more than 64,000 miles, repre-senting the Royal Air Force at every major military event and performing at all of the principal concert venues in Britain.
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the band who perform popular music of yesterday and the chart-topping rock hits of today. The group is also performing in the arena before each performance.
The U.S. Army Europe Band & Chorus as a whole performs more than 200 times each year, and has appeared in over 20 European and Middle Eastern countries from Russia to Iraq. Whatever the specific requirement, the men and women of the Band and Sol-diers’ Chorus continue to represent the best of the United States Army and stand ready for any mission, anywhere – including appearing at the British Military Tourna-ment 2011.
honourable artillery company corps of drumsdrum major
Brian Best, HAC
The Corps of Drums plays a very active role in the life of the Honourable Artillery Company and throughout the year performs at numer-ous ceremonial events. However, as well as being trained in musical and ceremonial skills, all the members of the Corps train as infantry soldiers and have an operational
The performance includes ‘stick beatings’ which is associated with the finest traditions of British military drumming.
The Corps has performed at many prestigious events and upholds the military traditions of Wellington College. The Corps performed for Her Majesty The Queen when she visited Wellington College for the College’s 150th anniversary in 2009.
british youth corps of drumsorganiser
Lieutenant Greg Master-Jewitt Sergeant Mark Goatcher drum majors
Grant Polkinghorne (Felsted School CCF) Brett Milotte (Whitgift School CCF) Conor Brown (135 SW London ACF) Ashik Patel (Mill Hill School CCF) Connor Ashley (St Dunstan’s School CCF) Brian Best
(Honourable Artillery Company)
The British Youth Corps of Drums was founded in 2011 by Greg Master-Jewitt and Mark Goatcher but has its roots in some of the oldest Corps of Drums organisations in the country, with Felsted and Whitgift Schools and the Honourable Artillery Company providing the inspiration for its foundation. Its aims are to:• preserve the traditions of Military Corps
of Drums music (Drum, Flute and Bugle) and bring drumming to all areas of the UK through youth involvement.
• bring the principals of leadership, com-mitment, passion, honesty and integrity to communities, society and in education.
• create the vital link between military and civilian, adult and youth Corps of Drums around Great Britain.
• aid and assist with the resurrection of old, and the setting-up of new, Corps of Drums in schools and local communities.
• provide opportunities for ex-service per-sonnel to find employment on retire ment from the armed forces.The British Youth Corps of Drums is an
organisation seeking charitable status. In order to achieve our aims we need to raise £600,000. Any donations to assist would be welcomed. For more information contact the organisers: [email protected].
role providing manpower to support the Reg-iment. In war, the Corps would provide secu-rity for Squadron and Regimental HQ units.
Membership of the Corps ensures that its members experience the greatest variety of training in the regiment – from learning how to play a musical instrument to com-pleting professional courses at the School of Infantry. Entry to the Corps is via the Re-cruits’ Course. No special qualifications are required, further military and musical training relevant to the role is conducted in-house. The Corps conducts both its own unique training and works alongside the patrol squadrons.
wellington college combined cadet force corps of drumsdirector of music
Ray Smith
senior side drummer
Cadet Sergeant Archie Presley
Wellington College CCF Corps of Drums has a long and distinguished history dating back over 100 years. In 1996 the Corps was reformed under the direction of Mr Ray Smith, the head of percussion at the College.
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Wellington College is a school where a fusion of originality, innovation and
150 years of tradition and history produces an education unlike any other.
The College was founded by Queen Victoria and Prime Minister the Earl of Derby in 1859 as the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, one of Britain’s greatest military figures, who also twice served the country with distinction as Prime Minister. Daily life at the College is still shaped by the Duke’s paramount beliefs in service, honour and duty, along
field gunfield gun officer
Lieutenant Ian Frayne rnr
1st trainer
Kev Clarke (ex Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Crew)
2nd trainer
Jim Harwood (ex Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Crew)
ordnance artificer
Simon Trendall
The Field Gun run has been described as trying to achieve an almost impossible task in a ridiculously short time with too few men on an unsuitable track. Meridian Tonight called it ‘the toughest man’s team sport in the world’, but that was before Wellington’s 2006 crew proved that not only boys have what it takes, by including the first girl field gun runner.
The Field Gun run at Wellington was started in 1984 by CPO Edwin Harris, SSI and Lieutenant Commander S.R. Braidwood RN (Retd), the CO of the Royal Navy Section of the CCF at the time. The Wellington guns and limbers are copies of one of the smaller calibre of guns that were hauled to Ladysmith and have a combined weight of just over 700lbs, but the rigging and obstacles are the same size as those used in the Royal Navy’s Command Field Gun competitions.
Last year the British Military Tournament saw Wellington College crews compete for the Aegis Trophy for the first time, with ‘Powerful’ the victors. Following a winter break, the crews have been training since Easter. They have undertaken a number of demonstration runs in the build up to the British Military Tournament, including displaying at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst’s Heritage Day.
main High ropes
left High energy
far left High flying
far left High adventureAll images © Wellington College
wellington College
the master
Dr Anthony Seldon
with the values of respect, hard work, honesty, trust and the highest possible academic aims.
The school’s ‘Eight Aptitudes’ approach puts into practice a commitment to develop-ing the whole child and their well-being, engaging pupils intellectually, artistically, physically, morally and spiritually. Self-discipline, effort grades, individual support and high expectations underpin this devel-opment, producing a dramatic rise in results and an atmosphere of success, excitement and real purpose.
The Southern Skirmish Association, SOSKAN, is a registered charity which
informs and educates the public about the American Civil War (1861–1865) using ‘living history’ re-enactments. Founded in 1968, SOSKAN is proud of its continuous history as the longest established re-enactment and living history society in the United Kingdom.
For its re-enactments, SOSKAN members wear period costumes and put on displays of specialist equipment, reflecting aspects of military camp life. They also recreate realistic battle scenes and skirmishes, including artil-lery, cavalry and infantry actions, using instruction and drill manuals of the period.
Some of SOSKAN’s members are ex- servicemen who help to give realism to the re-enactments by infusing a real under-standing of military life into the events. But,
as SOSKAN is very much an organisation for the family, there is also a strong civilian side, which depicts everyday life from the point of view of the women and children who were caught-up in the conflict.
SOSKAN’s re-enactments and exhibi-tions are not designed to glorify the concept of war, but to respect, honour and accurate-ly portray those who gave their lives for their principles and, at the same time, to help people to understand the history behind the events.
One of the key questions that SOSKAN is often asked is ‘why re-enact the American Civil War here in Britain?’. The short answer is that Britain was very much involved. For example, a high percentage of American citizens at the time were of British or Irish descent and at least 50,000 British citizens
the southern sKirMish assoCiation
chairman
Lesley Borzoni
project executive committee member
Tony Symes
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fought on both sides. The seizure of Con-federate ambassadors, James Mason and John Slidell, travelling on the RMS Trent in November 1861, came perilously close to propelling Britain into the war on the side of the Confederacy.
The Union blockade of Confederate ports also deprived British cotton mills of the raw material on which they relied, causing what became known as ‘The Cotton Famine’. This devastated the North of England and resulted in President Lincoln sending ship-ments of food to starving mill-workers. It also ensured that Britain remained neutral.
The CSS Alabama was a Confederate commerce raider built in Britain, and for the most part was crewed by British seamen and Confederate officers.
The lowering of the last Confederate flag by any combat unit in the war occurred on board the Shenandoah in Liverpool on 6th November 1865, over six months after the surrender of Confederate land forces.
There are hundreds of other examples of the British/American links during this pe-riod and this is yet another reason why SOS-KAN attracts people from all walks of life and interests, for it explores the history and development of both nations and their unique relationship with each other.
Over its 43 years, SOSKAN has visited, ex-hibited and performed throughout Britain, Europe and the USA. Members of SOSKAN are used by film and TV companies for docu-mentaries, feature films, music CDs and ad-vertising. SOSKAN also produces a magazine, Bugle Call, which publishes research papers written by members, examining various aspects of the conflict and the period.
Members of SOSKAN, who regularly visit the USA to take part in re-enactments there, have forged friendships and exchanged family memories of this period, which would otherwise have been lost to history. In fact, hundreds of friendships have been made within SOSKAN over the years and the con-tinued dedication of its members give testi-mony to the enjoyment and fulfillment that they receive through their membership.
main Confederate advance, Chickamauga, USA, 1999
left Confederate soldier, Wellington Country Park, 2009
far left Union forces volley firing, Bath, 2009All images © Roy Daines
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Sgt Martyn Gibbons mbeRoyal Regiment of Fusiliers
Martyn served for nearly 17 years including operational theatres in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia and two tours of Afghanistan. In 2007, while under fire in Sangin, Martyn was very seriously injured. He sustained injuries to both lower legs with extensive damage to his leg muscles. Martyn spent around two and half years at Headley Court, before he was discharged in October 2010. Experiencing ongoing pain and weakness in his legs, Martyn can only walk short distances with the aid of a walking stick. The trauma of his significant injuries has affected the whole family. The Soldiers’ Charity has funded a treadmill to aid Martyn’s rehabilitation and also a family holiday to Brittany to give the Gibbons some much needed time to relax.
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ABF The Soldiers’ Charitypatron
Her Majesty The Queen
president
General the Lord Guthrie gcb lvo obe
chairman of the trustees
Major General Peter Sheppard cb cbe
chief executive
Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter kcvo obe dl
We aim to make grant payments within 48 hours of receiving an application, often making a significant difference at a critical point in people’s lives. Our grants help provide prac-tical assistance including home adaptations, mobility assistance, education and training, respite care, furnishings and equipment.
Since the last British Military Tournament,
our remit has continued to grow.
The Soldiers’ Charity has taken on further responsibilities and we find ourselves facing new challenges. Now that the Army Recovery Capability (the successful transition of wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women into civilian life through personal development and re-skilling) has become fully operational, we are working alongside the MOD and other service charities to support over 600 soldiers who are wounded, injured or sick. Our support includes development of a bespoke grants manage-ment system and the funding of specialist employment advisers working alongside Regional Brigade Commanders.
We continue to seek ways of supporting the ‘In Service’ Army Family. Coping with a continued high level of operational tempo and the changes proposed in the Strategic Defence Review, these families are facing upheaval and potential redundancy. The Soldiers’ Charity must be prepared to provide whatever support is needed.
They risk so much for us, but for them it’s
just doing their job.
Here to provide a lifetime of support in times of need, we aim to be there for each and every soldier, former soldier and their family – we are dependent on the kind donations of our supporters to help make this happens. If you would like to make a donation to The Soldiers’ Charity, visit our website or text ARMY11 and the amount you would like to donate (e.g. £5) to 70070.
Thank you for your kind support.
ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is the national
charity of the British Army. We began as the Army Benevolent Fund in 1944. The demobilisation of soldiers after the two World Wars had put an enormous strain on Regimental and Corps charitable funds and highlighted the need for a nation-al charity to give practical help to our sol-diers and veterans. Our first patron was His Majesty King George VI. Today, we work with veterans from every conflict since the Sec-ond World War including recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For five consecutive years, our support to
individuals and to charities that support
the wider Army family has risen.
Over the past year, we have supported over 80 specialist charities and some 4000 individuals. Our oldest beneficiary during the year was 104 and our youngest was 18 months old.
chief of staff
Brigadier Robin Bacon
director of finance & resources
Roger Musson
director of fundraising
Emma Harvey
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12%
up by
17%
up by
50%
cost of grants to charities
that support the wider army family
cost of grants to individuals
number of individual grants
left Soldiers in Lashka Gar holding a flag signed with messages of support from the audience at last year’s British Military Tournament.
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It gives me great pleasure to have this opportunity to introduce The Royal Navy
& Royal Marines Charity to you at this fan-tastic British Military Tournament. This ex-citing event is representative of all that the Naval Service stands for: duty, courage, comradeship and the desire to fight and win.
In the same spirit, this Charity, formed from amalgamating many older charities and funds, exists solely to give a better quality of life for serving and former Naval personnel, including the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, QARNNS, the Reserves and former Wrens.
We are a grant-making charity and this year we will pay out nearly £5,000,000. Our reach is broad and we support not only the superb charities which provide help in times of need all the way through life but we also make significant grants to help those who serve today. In addition to grants supporting dependants of those who have died in service we also contribute signifi-cant sums to build facilities on bases that families can enjoy too, from climbing walls to bowling alleys.
It is this ability to give support in so many different ways, all the way through life, in good times and bad, that makes us unique. We are proud of the recognition from the Navy Board and we strive every day
to fulfil our mission to improve the quality of life of those who serve, past and present. Of every pound we receive, 92 pence will go out in grants – a ratio we are proud of.
We wish you a wonderful time experi-encing the best the Armed Forces can show you, including the unequalled excellence of the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines.
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The RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) is the Royal Air Force’s leading welfare charity,
providing financial, practical and emotional support to all members of the RAF family. We are here to help serving and former mem-bers of the RAF, as well as their partners and dependants, whenever they need us.
As part of our commitment to maintaining the morale of the serving RAF we fund new, innovative services to address the pressing welfare needs of today’s Air Force. Our ‘Air-play’ project is providing new games areas and trained youth workers at RAF stations across the UK. Airplay helps RAF community teams to deliver a programme of safe, stimu-lating activities for young people from RAF families, and it eases the pressure on parents at home and deployed abroad.
Other projects we fund include free rela-tionship counselling for RAF couples and a fast-track Benefits and Money Advice Service, available at select Citizens Advice Bureaux. In addition, Seacot House, our three- bedroom holiday home on the South Coast, is there for all those RAF couples and families who are in need of an affordable break. We also provide vital individual welfare assis-tance; last year alone we spent £5 million supporting serving RAF personnel and their
families, including help for those injured in the line of duty.
The Benevolent Fund is also there for those who have left the RAF, providing assistance to those with disability issues, helping with costs such as housing adapta-tions, stair lifts and mobility scooters, allowing older and disabled members of the RAF family to live as independent and comfortable a life as possible. We are able to help RAF families with issues like property
repairs and financial need, and by offering affordable welfare breaks to locations like Princess Marina House, our flagship break centre on the Sussex Coast.
All in all we spend over £21 million every year supporting the RAF family, from child-hood through to old age.
If you would like to know more about our work or to learn how you can support us, visit www.rafbf.org.
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Founded in 1682 by King Charles II and intended for the ‘succour and relief of
veterans broken by age and war’, the Royal Hospital, with its Grade I listed buildings, still serves its original purpose and intends to continue to further its role well into the 21st century and beyond.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1692, the Royal Hospital has changed little in its long history. From its distinctive red-brick exterior to its beautifully designed interiors, it remains a remarkable and historical building.
The Royal Hospital, which is indepen-dent of government, is home today for some 300 veteran soldiers, who surrender their military pensions to the Treasury in return for board, lodging and care until they die. Traditionally an all-male environment, in 2009 the Royal Hospital took its first female veterans, reflecting the growing contribution women have made to the Army in the post-war era.
The government provides a grant-in-aid to the Royal Hospital each year to cover the majority of the running costs, but major pro-jects and non-routine maintenance require additional funds, and these have to be secured through private donations. To reflect changes in care legislation, and to meet rising expect-ations, the Royal Hospital is now engaged in
an extensive modernisation programme to make it fit for the 21st century. This must be done if it is to attract the veterans of the future, and so continue to stand as a living testament to the sacrifice made by successive generations of soldiers in the service of this country.
The Chelsea Pensioners who live at the Royal Hospital today enjoy a life that is as free from stress as possible within a vibrant community, one in which a premium is placed on comradeship and care. With an av-erage age of 83, the majority are still veterans of the World War II, but an increasing propor-tion served in Korea, Malaya, Borneo, Aden and the many other post-war conflicts. Al-ready there are many who served in North-ern Ireland, and soon the first Falkland’s vet-eran will be joining.
In decades to come, those who have served in Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq – and those serving today in Afghanistan – will be eligible to become Chelsea Pensioners. When they do, they will be joining a commu-nity in which every effort is made to enable them to live their twilight years to the full, confident they will always be cared for and valued. The Royal Hospital is part of the fabric of the United Kingdom; and the work it does recognises the debt owed to those who have served the Crown so loyally, selflessly and often courageously, and who have been prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.
To secure the funds needed for its develop-ment programme, the Chelsea Pensioners’ appeal was launched, and has already raised enough to build the new Margaret Thatcher Infirmary, and begin the complex task of modernising the historic long wards in which the majority of pensioners live. But there is still a long way to go.
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Since galloping into the Earls Court arena at last year’s British Military Tournament,
Baxterbear has had a very eventful time! He’s played the tuba in the ranks of the Band of The Parachute Regiment, leaped from a plane with the Tigers Free-Fall Display Team and trained with the Royal Artillery Motor-cycle Display Team. All in all, Baxterbear has been extremely busy spreading positivity and a great sense of fun!
For those of you who came to the Tourna-ment last year, you will know that he is no stranger to active service, having recovered from injuries sustained in World War II when his owner, a young pilot named Baxter was shot down in Burma. Baxterbear’s active service experiences have left him with an unfailingly positive outlook on life and a belief in overcoming adversity.
He devotes his life to inspiring others, doing his bit to boost morale and raise funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. Most recently he flew to Afghanistan to visit old friends in the Royal Highland Fusiliers (2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland) on their six-month tour.
Baxterbear regards being selected once again as the mascot for the British Military Tournament 2011 as a huge honour. As he himself would say, he’s ‘TREEKLED’ at the thought of meeting lots of old friends and making many more. In the words of his Per-sonal Assistant, Daisy Tate: ‘He knows that everyone is going to have tremendous fun but will also join him in showing support for our brave servicemen and women.’Discover the magic of Baxterbear by visiting him at his website at www.baxterbear.com, or by calling at The Soldiers’ Charity stand at the British Military Tournament ©
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business, with nearly 3,000 employees operating in 30 countries around the globe.
IMG’s areas of expertise are diverse and wide ranging: IMG College is the leader in collegiate marketing, licensing and media rights.IMG Reliance and IMG CCTV, IMG’s joint ventures in the emerging markets of India and China, offer the company significant long-term growth opportunities.IMG Media is the world’s largest independent producer & distributor of sports programming.IMG Events and Federations incorporating IMG Arts & Entertainment, owns and manages some of the most sought-after events and includes long-standing associations with the world’s most important sports and entertain-ment organisations, leagues and federations.IMG Fashion owns and operates fashion events around the world and IMG Models represents
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above left Indian Premier League cricket, produced by IMG in partnership with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
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the world’s top models, leading designers and the most influential photographers, art directors and stylists.IMG Clients has been the global leader in talent representation for the past 50 years, including over 1,000 elite athletes, coaches, industry executives and prestigious sports organisations across the sports, entertain-ment, fashion and media industries.IMG Academies is the world’s largest and most advanced multi-sport training and educational facility delivering sports training experiences to more than 12,000 dedicated athletes from approximately 80 countries every year.IMG Consulting connects many of the world’s leading brands with consumers through access to unique sports and entertain-ment properties.IMG Licensing is considered one of the premier independent licensing agencies in the sports, entertainment and media world.
The IMG Arts & Entertainment Division presents and promotes leading international stars and attractions in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. In the UK these series of events include the British Military Tournament, the English Heritage Picnic Concerts at Kenwood House and Audley End, the Tatton Park Picnic Concerts in Cheshire plus the Natural History Museum Ice Rink.
The Division has also produced a number of events, musicals and arena productions with acclaimed artists across the world. These include Justin Timberlake at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, The Nobel Peace Prize Concerts in Oslo with Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Sting and Paul McCartney; Chicago The Musical and Oliver! in Australia and South East Asia; tours with Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras and Kiri Te Kanwa in Australasia; Miss Saigon in South East Asia; the Spanish Riding School of Vienna in Europe and America; and the Tutankhamun exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.
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Maria Mata Wardrobe Mistress
Oliver Marlow-Thomas & Soadad Al-ObidePersonal Assistants to Christopher Joll
Roger SheppardArchive Consultant, Exhibition & Volunteer Steward Manager
Lyn DaviesProgramme Design & picture research
Sophie LindsayEvent Manager for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
Emma HarveyDirector of Fundraising & Communications for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
Paul Hewson mbeEvent Liaison Officer for The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
Kate MacDougallEvent Liaison Officer for The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity
Rebecca MerrisonEvent, Hospitality & Ticketing Manager for IMG
Tomas Lane Marketing & Communications Manager for IMG
Sara MulhollandMarketing Assistant & Personal Assistant to Stephen Flint Wood for IMG
Henry Trotter Sponsorship Manager for IMG
James Austin Finance Manager for IMG
Caroline Crumley Event Accountant for IMG
Louise Odell Lawyer for IMG
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special thanksfor invaluable assistance with the drafting of the script toColonel Huw Lloyd-Jones, Public Relations (Army)
For help well beyond the call of duty in securing the US Army’s participationLieutenant Colonel ‘Jack’ Wallace, Assistant US Army Attaché, US Embassy London
Captain Will Rose, Royal Welsh, SO3 O & D HQ London District, without whose unfailing and uncom-plaining cooperation this event would never have happened
Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter kcvo obe dl
Chairman
Brigadier Robin BaconDeputy Chairman
Stephen Flint WoodProducer for IMG
Christopher JollDirector & Writer
Nick MattingleyProduction Director & Designer for IMG
Philip EvansArtistic Director
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Graham Jones mbeAssistant Director & Military Music Consultant
Major (Retd) Richard Waygood mbeAssistant Director & Equitation Consultant
Damien LipmanAssistant Director & Military Commentator
Major Douglas Robertson, Scots GuardsDirector of Music
Lee Dennison & Paul Keating Sound Designers
Nigel HutchingsCamera Director
Stephen Sinclair Lighting Designer
Roger Musson Finance Director
David Edwards Technical Manager
Major Tim Carpenter, The Blues and RoyalsMilitary Coordinator & Company Stage Manager
Staff Sergeant Tony Pedley Royal Logistic Corps Assistant QM
Laura Moretto Assistant QM (Accreditation)
Pandora ElringtonStage Manager
Maddie Cupples Deputy Stage Manager
Rob GammageProduction Assistant
Henry EdwardsAssistant Stage Manager
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ABF The Soldiers’ Charity would like to thank the following, including those whose contribution is not otherwise mentioned in the programme, without whom the British Military Tournament 2011 could not have been produced
Anthony Andrews
Rory BremnerRobert Hardy cbe fsa
His Excellency Louis B SusmanAmbassador of the United States of America
to the Court of St James
Dr Anthony SeldonThe Master, Wellington College
BoeingHewlett PackardAegis Defence Services LtdChampagne Pol Roger London Evening StandardIMG (UK) LtdMartin Collins LtdMJ2 LtdDelta SoundUnusual RiggingElliotts Kitchens
General Sir David Richards gcb cbe dso adc (Gen)
Chief of the Defence Staff
General Sir Peter Wall kcb cbe adc (Gen)Chief of the General Staff
Major General George Norton cbeMajor General Commanding the Household
Division & General Officer Commanding London District
Air Marshal Sir Robert Wright kbe afc fraes fcmi
Controller of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
Robert RobsonChief Executive of the Royal Navy & Royal
Marines Charity
Major General Patrick Marriott cbeColonel The Queen’s Royal Lancers for the loan
of the Balaclava Bugle
Major General Peter Currie cbLieutenant Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Colonel Alan Richmond obeMilitary Stabilisation & Support Group
Colonel John KedarRoyal Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hughes, The Blues and RoyalsCommanding Officer, Household Cavalry
Mounted Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Alan BillingsRoyal Army Physical Training Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace bmus (Hons) flcm lrsm
Senior Director of Music, The Bands of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines
Wing Commander Ian ShawRoyal Air Force Regiment
Squadron Leader Chris BerrymanRoyal Air Force, Honnington
Squadron Leader Morgan Williams34 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment
Squadron Leader Wyn JonesRoyal Air Force Police
Professor Nicholas Gair, Pipe Major Jim McLucas, Drum Major Nobby Foulis and the members of the Pipes & Drums of the London Scottish Regiment
Captain (Retd) Mick Holtby Curator, The Queen’s Royal Lancers Museum
Rennie Simon (Officer Commanding), the officers & men ofLight Cavalry, Honourable Artillery Company
Drum Major Brian Best & the members ofThe Corps of Drums, Honourable Artillery Company (by kind permission of the Commanding Officer, Honourable Artillery Company)
Lieutenant Greg Master-Jewitt and the members ofThe British Youth Corps of Drums
Ray Smith and the members ofThe Corps of Drums, Wellington College CCF
Lieutenant Ian Frayne RNR, Jim Harwood and Kevin Clarke Wellington College Field Gun
Pete Scott and the members ofPortsmouth Action Field Gun
Alan Larsen & Mark SelwoodThe Lancers Display Troop
Lesley Borzoni and the members ofSouthern Skirmishers Association (SOSKAN)
WOII (BCM) Stuart Marsh, The Blues and Royals as John Bull
Darren Ormandy as Uncle Sam
Nick Ames, Supacat Limited for Jackal
Major Mike Whatley, The Life Guards, Andrew Baker (Alvis Fighting Vehicle Society) and Clive Denney (Vintage Fabrics) forPeriod military vehicles
Bob Torgerson Boeing Defence Systems, Military Airplanes
earls courtNigel Nathan, Group Managing DirectorRachel Parker, Group Halls DirectorAnna Golden, Commercial DirectorAngela Temperton, Head of EventsSuzie Pollock, Live Event ManagerSarah Elton-Wall, Event ManagerAdrian Bray, Senior Technical ManagerTony Hawkins, Security & Traffic Manager
We would also like to thank the following for permission to use their images in the programmeSampson LloydThe National Churchill Museum Archives, FultonGreg BloorLaura SuárezCliff Samuel-CampsBonnie L. BlantonBill ScottBernie CondonDavid McCreadieRoy DainesPeter BaileyTech Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth & David L. NoakesLee Kiddand The Bennington Museum, Vermont for use of ‘The Battle of Bennington’ in the audio visual display
Senior Aircraftsman Tevita Ratuvuki, RAF Regiment left, with USAF Staff Sgt. Pablo Cancel © U.S. Department of Defense Photos by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth. Courtesy of DefenseImagery.mil
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words & MusiCCompiled by Philip Evans
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?What shall we do with the drunken sailor?What shall we do with the drunken sailor?Earl-aye in the morning?
chorus
Way hay and up she risesPatent blocks o’ diff’rent sizes,Way hay and up she risesEarl-aye in the morning
Additional verses
1 Sling him in the longboat till he’s sober
2 Keep him there and make him bale her
3 Pull out the plug and wet him all over
4 Put him in the scuppers with a hose pipe on him
5 That’s what we’ll do with the drunken sailor
A Life on the Ocean Wave
1 A life on the ocean wave,A-home on the rolling deep!Where the scatter’d waters rage,And the winds their revels keep.Like an eagle caged I pineOn this dull, unchanging shore.Oh give me the flashing brine,The spray and the tempest’s roar.
chorus
A life on the ocean wave,A-home on the rolling deep!Where the scatter’d waters rage,And the winds their revels keep,The winds ... the winds …The winds their revels … keep
2 Once more on the deck I stand,Of my own swift, gliding craft.Set sail, farewell to land,The gale follows fair abaft.We shoot thro’ the sparkling foam,Like an ocean bird set free.Like the ocean bird, our home,We’ll find far out on the sea.
chorus
A life on the ocean wave,A-home on the rolling deep!Where the scatter’d waters rage,And the winds their revels keep,The winds ... the winds …The winds their revels … keep
3 The land is no longer in view,The clouds have begun to frown.But with a stout vessel and crew,We’ll say: Let the storm come down!And the song of our hearts shall be,While the wind and the waters lave:A life on the heaving sea,A-home on the bounding wave!
chorus
A life on the ocean wave,A-home on the rolling deep!Where the scatter’d waters rage,And the winds their revels keep,The winds ... the winds …The winds their revels … keep
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music for the overture
Second Suite for Military Band, Op 28 No 2by Gustav Holst (1874–1934), performed by the Royal Northern College of Music’s Wind Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Reynish Chandos Digital CHAN 9697
Allegro energico from Trumpet Concerto, Op 125by Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE (1921–2006), performed by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, John Wallace (trumpet), conducted by Norman Del Mar EMI Classics 0946 3 70563 2 5
The Dam Busters Marchby Eric Coates (1886–1957), arranged by W J Duthoit and performed by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble conducted by Elgar Howarth Decca 466 241-2
Washington Postby John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), performed by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, conducted by Elgar HowarthDecca 466 241-2
La Garde Montante (Act 1) from Carmen Suite No 2by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard BernsteinSony Classical SMK 63081
Semper Fidelisby John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), performed by the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines EMI Gold 7243 474496 2 8
Fanfare for Two Trumpets by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), performed by Musica Antiqua Köln, directed by Reinhard GoebelArchiv Production 474 507-2
Parade-Marsch des Regiments Königs-Jager zu Pferde No 1, Op 97by Richard Strauss (1864–1949), performed by Academy Symphonic Brass, conducted by James Watson Royal Academy of Music RAM 038
The Great Escape Marchby Elmer Bernstein, performed by the Band of The Royal Military School of Music, conducted by Lieutenant Colonel C J Ross arcm fism psm EMI 7243 8 53022 2 0
Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker, Op 109by Richard Strauss (1864–1949), performed by Academy Symphonic Brass, conducted by James Watson Royal Academy of Music RAM 038
Marchby Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), performed by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 466 241-2
Pomp & Circumstance March No 1, Op 39by Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Judd Naxos 8.571026
songs of the early airmenArranged by Squadron Leader Barry Hingley
I Don’t Want To Join The Air ForceA little ditty of the First World War expatiating on the advantages of civilian service at home, compared with active service overseas. The earliest version dates from 1916 and it possibly originated from the song I don’t want to Join The Army which is sung to the tune On a Sunday I walk Out With a Soldier.
The Bold Aviator or The Dying AirmanThis is the oldest squadron song and dates back to the beginning of the Royal Flying Corps in 1912 and possibly the formation in 1911 of the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers from the RE’s Balloon Company. It is sung to the tune of The Tarpaulin Jacket by Charles Coote.
Bless ’em AllThis song was written by Fred Godfrey, although not intended for publication, whilst serving in the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. Subsequently, many variations of song were chorused in the RAF until the present published words and music by Jimmy Hughes and Frank Lake appeared. Although it was unknown to the public until the late 1930s, it has always been the unofficial Trooping song of the Royal Air Force.
Hold Your RowA song that originated in Airmen’s messes in Iraq in the 1920s. It is sung to the tune of an old cockney song of the same name.
Another Thousand Revs won’t do Him any HarmThis song originated with 22 Sqn Royal Flying Corps, probably in 1917. It is one of the many parodies to the tune of Another Little Drink Wouldn’t Do Us Any Harm.
There Were Three Huns Sat On His TailA song was sung by American pilots and observers in France in 1917–1918, to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The tune was composed by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore in 1863. Gilmore was a bandleader, cornetist and composer; he was known as the Father of Military Bands’.
I Left The Mess Room EarlyThis song was, essentially, a naval airman’s ditty. It originated about 1915, among squadrons of the Royal Naval Air Service with the British Expeditionary force in France. It recounts the exploits of a bold young pilot from the time he gets up in the morning for his early patrol to the time he celebrates his safe return in an Amiens café. It is sung to the traditional tune of The Key Hole in The Door.
AC 2s Are CommonThe last song is a trifle from Airman’s messes in the Middle East around 1930.
music for the valete
Young Americans from the album Young Americanswritten & performed by David Bowie EMI 1999
American Pie by Don McLean from the album Musicperformed by Madonna Maverick Warner Brothers 9362-47865-2
Call Me the theme from American Gigolo written by Debbie Harry & performed by Blondie Chrysalis Records 32 1371 2
America by Paul Simon from the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel performed by Simon & Garfunkel Columbia Mood CD21
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Supporting ABF,The Soldiers' Charity
Whitgift is recognised as one of Britain’s finest independent schools for boys aged 10 to 18.
A stimulating educational environment offers every boy the opportunity to develop his potential to the full.
Whitgift is a caring and friendly school, carefully supporting a boy’s all-round development. The School is situated in a beautiful parkland site, enjoys exceptional facilities and has a record of outstanding achievement in academic work, music, games and co-curricular activities.
Whitgift has a well-established Corps of Drums. Founded in 1905, the Corps has been involved in many high profile parades over the years, including the Royal Tournament and the Lord Mayor’s Show. The Corps also had the honour of performing for Her Majesty the Queen on her visit to the School in 1996. More recently the Corps has paraded on St George’s Day at Whitehall and Remembrance Sunday at Holborn.
Forthcoming events include a series of Queen’s Parades in May, the St. George’s Day Parade, as well as the School’s Annual General Inspection conducted by a senior army officer.
Entrance Examinations for September 2012 will be held on 5 January (10+ and 11+) and 9 January (12+ and 13+). Please see our website for details.
For more information or to arrange a visit, please telephone the School Office on 020 8688 9222
Whitgift School, Haling Park, South Croydon, CR2 6YTwww.whitgift.co.uk
Elements of the Corps of Drums, based in North West London, are on
parade representing the 360 strong CCF Contingent comprising of Army,
Royal Air Force and Royal Navy sections. The Contingent celebrates it’s
Centenary this year and the Corps of Drums has been busy in support of
this, both within the School Foundation and in the local community. The
Cadets are regularly involved in events for the London Borough of Barnet
and in addition have performed on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral and in
the Lord Mayor’s Show.
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The Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp is sponsored by the Alliance Trust and is developed and run by Wildfox Events which specialises in organising fundraising events across the UK. ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is a Registered Charity No: 211645, Scottish Registered Charity
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After the incredible success of SOLDIER CHALLENGE 2011 we’re taking military training out of the field and bringing it into Central London for a day. SOLDIER CHALLENGE is the fantastic Urban Adventure on the streets of London brought to you for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity by the guys behind the legendary Rat Race.
Whether you find yourself attempting an assault course next to the Thames, abseiling in the City or leopard crawling through Hyde Park, SOLDIER CHALLENGE will provide you with an opportunity to see the capital in a totally new light. Check out the website to see the adventures of 2011!
After the incredible success of SOLDIER CHALLENGE 2011 we’re taking military training out of the field and bringing it into Central London for a day. SOLDIER CHALLENGE is the fantastic Urban Adventure on the streets of London brought to you for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity by the guys behind the legendary Rat Race.
Whether you find yourself attempting an assault course next to the Thames, abseiling in the City or leopard crawling through Hyde Park, SOLDIER CHALLENGE will provide you with an opportunity to see the capital in a totally new light. Check out the website to see the adventures of 2011!
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Event date: 19th May 2012
