|
|
Two
of the Naval
commanders in
armoured cars driven
by naval ratings -
Admiral Sir John
Cunningham (no
relation to ABC),
C-in-C Mediterranean
and Admiral Sir
Geoffrey Layton |
HIS
MAJESTY’S PROCESSION
The
King, accompanied by the Queen,
the Princess Elizabeth and the
Princess Margaret, will drive in
a State Landau. The Royal
Carriage will be escorted by a
Captain’s Escort of the
Household Cavalry with Standard
ROUTE
| |
|
a.m. |
| Buckingham
Palace |
|
10.10 |
| Marble
Arch |
|
10.25 |
| Oxford
Street |
|
|
| Charing
Cross Road |
|
10.35 |
| Northumberland
Avenue |
|
10.40 |
| Bridge
Street |
|
10.46 |
| Whitehall |
|
|
| The
Mall (Saluting Base) |
|
10.57 |
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CHIEFS
OF STAFF'S PROCESSION
| The
Chiefs of Staff at VE
Day and VJ Day,
together with the
Supreme Allied
Commanders, will
precede the Mechanised
Column, leaving the
Clarence Gate in
Regent's Park at 9.15
a.m. and arriving at
the Saluting Base at
10.20 a.m. |
|
 |
|
left
- British Chiefs of
Staff - Admiral of
the Fleet Viscount
Cunningham ("ABC" of
Mediterranean Fleet
fame and now First
Sea Lord), Field
Marshall Viscount
Alanbrooke, Marshal
of the Royal Air
Force Viscount
Portal |
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MARCH
PAST
| The
Mechanised and
Marching Columns will
follow the routes
given below, joining
at Parliament Square
and passing together
up Whitehall, the
Mechanised Column
leading. Between the
arrival of His Majesty
at the Saluting Base
and the commencement
of the March Past, the
Massed Pipers of
Scottish and Irish
Regiments will march
and counter-march in
the Mall. The head of
the joint Column will
pass the Saluting Base
at 11.20 a.m. At the
conclusion of the
March Past, Squadrons
of the Royal Air
Force, together with
Squadrons of the Naval
Air Arm, will fly past
the Base. |
|
 |
|
left
- HM King George VI
at the saluting base
in The Mall leading
down to Buckingham
Palace from
Admiralty Arch. He
is accompanied by
Queen Elizabeth -
the Queen Mother who
died recently, in
2002.
King
George wears Royal
Navy uniform as
the senior British
armed service.
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MECHANISED
COLUMN
ROUTE
| |
|
a.m. |
| Regent’s
Park (Clarence Gate) |
|
9.18 |
| Park
Square West |
|
|
| Marylebone
Road |
|
|
| Euston
Road |
|
9.28 |
| Pentonville
Road |
|
|
| City
Road |
|
|
| Old
Street |
|
9.45 |
| Hackney
Road |
|
|
| Cambridge
Heath Road |
|
|
| Whitechapel
Road |
|
10.04 |
| Whitechapel
High Street |
|
|
| Aldgate
High Street |
|
|
| Mansell
Street |
|
10.11 |
| Royal
Mint Street |
|
|
| Shorter
Street |
|
|
| Tower
Hill |
|
10.14 |
| Eastcheap |
|
|
| King
William Street |
|
|
| London
Bridge |
|
10.19 |
| Borough
High Street |
|
|
| Newington
Causeway |
|
|
| Newington
Butts |
|
10.31 |
| Kennington
Park Road |
|
|
| Harleyford
Road |
|
|
| Upper
Kennington Lane |
|
|
| Vauxhall
Bridge |
|
10.43 |
| Millbank |
|
|
| Abingdon
Street |
|
|
| Parliament
Square |
|
10.52 |
| Whitehall |
|
|
| Admiralty
Arch |
|
|
| The
Mall (Saluting Base) |
|
11.20 |
| Constitution
Hill |
|
|
| Hyde
Park Corner |
|
11.26 |
| Hamilton
Place |
|
|
| Park
Lane |
|
|
| Edgware
Road |
|
|
| Marylebone
Road |
|
|
| Regent’s
Park |
|
11.50
|
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| ORDER
OF MARCH |
|
COMMANDERS:
Police
Motor Cycle Patrols
ALLIED
Despatch
Riders of the Royal Navy
ROYAL NAVY
Despatch
Riders of the Army
ARMY
Despatch
Riders of the Royal
Air Force
AIR FORCE
Despatch
Riders of the National
Fire Service
|
 |
left
- Two of the
Allied Supreme
Commanders - Field
Marshall Viscount
Alexander of
Tunis, C-in-C
Mediterranean and
Admiral
Mountbatten,
C-in-C, South East
Asia Command |
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| ROYAL
NAVY |
|
Amphibious
Jeeps
Weasels
DUKW's
Mobile Wireless Telegraphy
Units
Aircraft Refuellers
Mobile Sick Bays |
 |
left
- Mechanized units
of the Royal Navy,
with two DUKW's
leading, passing
through Parliament
Square with the
House of Lords tower
in the background |
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| ROYAL
AIR FORCE |
|
Reconnaissance
Cars
Light Ambulance - Special
Ambulance
Radar Vehicle
Despatch Rider Letter
Service Van – Signals Van
Recruiting Van -
Pre-heater Van
Freighter – Aircraft
Refueller mounted on
10-ton Tender
Fire Tenders
Breakdown Tender - Fire
Crash Tender
Dental Caravan towed by
Air Traffic Control Towing
Car
Mechanical Horse
Bomb Tenders (Loaded)
Cooking Tender - Mobile
Canteen
Radar Vehicles
3-ton Tender with
Propeller Transporter
Educational, and
Vocational Training Van -
OfficeTender
Parachute Drying Tender -
Parachute Servicing
Vehicle
Tipping Tender - Trucktor
Water Tender (1,000
Gallons) - Petrol Tender
(1,000 Gallons)
Aircraft Transporter
Airfield Floodlight –
Oxygen Plant
Landmark Beacon towed by
3-ton Tender - Aerial
Lighthouse towed by 3-ton
Tender
Mobile Workshop - Power
Plant 20 K.V.A.
Radar Vehicles
Airborne Lifeboat on
Aircraft Transporter
Light Tractor – 10-ton
Truck carrying Elevator
Truck
Mechanical Horses with
Torpedo Carriers
Ammunition Carriers
Airfield Snowplough -
Runway Sweeper
Radar Vehicles
Balloon Winch with
Hydrogen Cylinders
Heavy Ambulance - Air
Traffic Control
Air Passenger Coaches
Troop Carriers
Pantechnicon - Radar
Vehicle
Petrol Tender (2,500
Gallons) - Aircraft
Salvage Tender |
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| CIVILIAN
SERVICES |
|
|
| POLICE |
|
Patrol
Cars |
| FIRE
SERVICES |
|
Control
Vans
Turntable Ladders (100
ft.)
Turntable Ladders (60 ft.)
Enclosed Fire Pumps
Auxiliary Towing Vehicles
with Trailer Pumps
Pump Escapes
Self-propelled Heavy Pump
Units
Water Tenders |
| CIVIL
DEFENCE SERVICES |
|
Civil
Defence Reserve Rescue
Vehicles
Light Rescue Vehicles
(London)
Heavy Rescue Vehicles
(London)
Rescue Vehicles
Rescue and War Debris
Cranes
Rescue and War Debris
Tippers with Skips
Decontamination vehicles
(manned by Decontamination
Squads and Gas
Identification Officers)
American Gift Ambulances
(Great Britain)
Ambulances
Mobile Canteens
Mobile Emergency Food
Units
Blood Transfusion Vans |
| AGRICULTURE |
|
Land
Drainage Excavator
Farm Tractor and Binder |
| TRANSPORT
SERVICES |
|
London
Buses
Provincial Buses
6-8-ton Articulated
Vehicles
Cruiser Cranes
6-ton Mechanical Horses
Mechanised Transport Corps
Cars
Insulated Meat Vans |
| PUBLIC
UTILITIES |
|
Mobile
Coast Radio Station -
Mobile Telegraph Office
Mobile Gas Compressor -
Gas Lorry and Purging
Machine Trailer
Standard Electricity
Repair Units
Tractors with Trailer
Mounting
Electrically-Driven Water
Pumps |
| GENERAL
SERVICES |
|
Y.M.C.A. Mobile Canteens
Church Army Mobile
Canteens
Salvation Army Mobile
Canteens
National Savings Vans |
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| ARMY |
|
|
| ROYAL
ARMOURED CORPS |
|
Comet
Command Tank
Scout Cars
Armoured Cars
Chaffee (Light) Tanks
Cromwells
Comets
Churchills
Shermans
Crocodiles
Flails
Bridge Laying Tanks |
| ROYAL
ARTILLERY |
|
Jeep
Self-propelled 25-pdrs
Towed 25-pdrs
Towed 5.5-in. Guns
Towed 7.2-in. Howitzer
Self-propelled 17-pdrs
Towed 3.7-in Anti-Aircraft
Guns
Bofors Guns
Searchlight Lorries
77-mm Howitzer (Air
Transportable) |
| ROYAL
ENGINEERS |
|
Jeep
Armoured Vehicles, Royal
Engineers
Centaur Dozers
Arks
Class I Angledozers on
Trailers
Tournapuls (Super C) with
12-yard Scrapers
Motor Graders
Excavators RB19 with Face
Shovel Equipment on
Trailers towed by Matador
Tractor
Bomb Disposal Lorries with
Trepanning and Steaming
Out Apparatus
Unicraft on Trailer
153-h.p. Diesel Tank
Engines on Trailers
Survey Printing Lorries |
| ROYAL
CORPS OF SIGNALS |
|
Jeep
Cars drawing Signals
Trailers
3-ton Wireless Lorries
3-ton Cable Laying Lorries
Command Vehicles
Half Tracks
Armoured Command Vehicles
Tractors drawing Signals
Equipment Trailers
3-ton Lorries towing Beam
Wireless Trailers
15-ton Cable Lorries |
| INFANTRY
AND ARMY AIR CORPS AND
SPECIAL FORCES |
|
Half Tracks
M.M.G. Carriers
Universal Carriers
Windsor Carriers
Jeeps of the Special Air
Service
Jeeps with Trailers (Air
Transportable)
Jeeps of the Special
Forces
|
ROYAL
ARMY SERVICE CORPS
(including Royal Army
Medical Corps) |
|
Jeep
Jeeps with Trailers
Weasels
Troop Carrying Lorries
Water Lorries
Bulk Petrol Lorries
Machinery Lorries
3-ton Lorries towing
Generator Trailers
10-ton Lorries towing
Bakery Equipment Trailers
DUKW's
Folding Boat Equipments
Pontoon Lorries
Matador Tractors towing
Pontoon Trailers
Diamond "T" Tank
Transporters carrying
LVT's
Armoured Personnel
Carriers
Stretcher Ambulances |
| ROYAL
ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS (including
Army Film and Photographic
Unit) |
|
Jeep
Binned Stores Trailer and
Boot Repair Trailer
Mobile Crane and Breakdown
Lorry
Water Trucks
Mobile Oxygen Plant and
Mobile Inert Gas Plant
Clothing Repair Trailer
and Mobile Laundry Boiler
Trailer
Mobile Acetylene Plants
Mobile Laundry Washing
Machine Trailers
Boot Repair Plants (Air
Transportable)
Jeeps of the Army Film and
Photographic Unit |
| WAR
CORRESPONDENTS |
|
Jeeps |
| NAVY
ARMY AND AIR FORCE
INSTITUTES AND FIRST AID
NURSING YEOMANRY |
|
Mobile
Canteens |
| ROYAL
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS |
|
Jeep
20-ton Tank Transporters
carrying Crawler Tractors
Heavy Breakdown Tractors
3-ton Machinery Lorries
Jeeps
40-ton Tank Transporter
carrying Cromwell
Armoured Recovery Vehicles
Beach Armoured Recovery
Vehicles |
| ARMY
FIRE SERVICES |
|
Fire
Tender Lorries towing
Trailer Fire Pumps
Fire Engines |
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MARCHING
COLUMN
ROUTE
| |
|
a.m. |
| Marble
Arch |
|
10.35 |
| Oxford
Street |
|
10.45 |
| Charing
Cross Road |
|
10.58 |
| Trafalgar
Square |
|
11.08 |
| Northumberland
Avenue |
|
11.11 |
| Embankment |
|
11.16 |
| Parliament
Square |
|
11.25 |
| Halt |
|
|
| Whitehall
|
|
11.55 |
| |
|
p.m. |
| The
Mall (Saluting Base) |
|
12.01 |
| Constitution
Hill |
|
12.05 |
| Hyde
Park Corner |
|
12.13 |
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ORDER
OF MARCH
| ALLIED
FORCES |
|
Bands
(the "Big 5" less
Great Britain)
United States of
America
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
China
France
Belgium
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Egypt
Ethiopia
Greece
Iran
Iraq
Luxembourg
Mexico
Nepal
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Transjordan
Yugoslavia
|
 |
|
left
- Representatives
of the Greek armed
forces, including
the Royal Hellenic
Navy which played
a valuable part in
the Mediterranean.
Escorting
the Greek colours
are two Evzones in
their traditional
white kilts |
|
|
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN
SUDAN |
| BRITISH
EMPIRE |
|
DOMINIONS
Bands
Canada
Commonwealth of
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Newfoundland |
 |
left
- Southern Rhodesian
(now Zimbabwe)
forces passing the
saluting base "eyes
left". In the middle
distance,left to
right are Mr Atlee,
Prime Minister, Mr
Churchill, Mr
Mackenzie King, PM
of Canada and Field
Marshal Smuts, PM of
South Africa |
| INDIA |
|
Royal
Indian Navy
Indian Armoured Corps
Royal Indian Artillery
Royal Indian Engineers
Indian Signal Corps
Band of Royal Garhwal
Rifles
Indian Infantry
Gurkha Rifles
Indian State Forces
Royal Indian Air Force |
| BURMA |
|
Burma
Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve
Burma Army
Burma Volunteer Air Force |
 |
left
- Indian forces
passing under
Admiralty Arch and
down The Mall
towards Buckingham
Palace at the far
end. This long
column is just a
small fraction of
the whole vast
parade comprising a
total of 21,000 men
and women of the
fighting, auxiliary
and civilian
services - Allied,
British Empire and
United Kingdom |
| THE
COLONIAL EMPIRE |
|
|
WEST
AFRICA
Nigeria, Gold Coast,
Sierra Leone, Gambia |
|
Royal
West African Frontier
Force
West African Artillery
West African Engineers
West African Signals
West African Army Service
Corps
West African Medical Corps
West African Ordnance
Corps
West African Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers
Corps of West African
Military Police
West African Auxiliary
Pioneer Corps |
EAST
AND CENTRAL AFRICA
Kenya, Uganda,
Tanganyika, Nyasaland,
Northern Rhodesia,
Zanzibar, British
Somaliland |
|
Kenya
Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve
Tanganyika Naval Volunteer
Force
East Africa Reconnaissance
Regiment
East Africa Armoured Car
Regiment
King's African Rifles
Northern Rhodesia Regiment
Somaliland Scouts
East Africa Artillery
East Africa Engineers
East Africa Corps of'
Signals
East Africa Chaplains
Department
East Africa Army Service
Corps
East Africa Army Medical
Corps
East Africa Army Ordnance
Corps
East Africa Army
Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers
East Africa Army
Educational Corps
East Africa Military
Police
East Africa Army Pioneer
Corps
East Africa Army Labour
Service
The Kenya Regiment
East Africa Military
Nursing Service
Women's Territorial
Service
Kenya Police
Tanganyika Police
Uganda Police |
| ADEN |
|
Aden
Protectorate Levies |
| BERMUDA |
|
Bermuda
Militia Artillery
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle
Corps
Bermuda Volunteer
Engineers |
CEYLON
now Sri Lanka
|
|
Ceylon
Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Royal Army Service Corps
Ceylon Garrison Artillery
Ceylon Engineers
Ceylon Light Infantry
Ceylon Signal Corps
Ceylon Army Service Corps
Ceylon Medical Corps
Ceylon Railway Engineer
Corps
Ceylon Corps of Military
Police
Ceylon Electrical and
Mechanical Corps
Ceylon Pioneers
Auxiliary Territorial
Service |
| CYPRUS |
|
Cyprus
Regiment
Cyprus Volunteer Force
Royal Air Force |
| FALKLAND
ISLANDS |
|
Falklands
Islands Defence Force |
| GIBRALTAR |
|
Gibraltar
Defence Force |
| HONG
KONG |
|
Hong
Kong Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve
Hong Kong Volunteer
Defence Corps
Hong Kong Volunteer
Company
Hong Kong Pioneer Company
Civilian Services |
| MALAYA |
|
Royal
Navy
Malay Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
Malay Regiment
Straits Settlements
Volunteer Force
Federated Malay States
Volunteer Force
Johore Military Forces
Kedah Volunteer Force
Kelantan Volunteer Force
Johore Volunteer Force
Royal Air Force
Malay Volunteer Air Force
Local Defence Corps
Police and Guerilla Forces
Civilian Services |
WEST
INDIES
Bahamas, Barbados,
British Guiana, British
Honduras, Jamaica,
Leeward Islands,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Windward Islands |
|
West
Indian Detachment
Royal Air Force |
| FIJI
AND WESTERN PACIFIC |
|
Fiji
Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve
Fiji Infantry Regiment
Fiji Medical Corps
Tonga Defence Force
British Solomon Islands
Protectorate Defence Force
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Colony Defence Force |
| MAURITIUS |
|
Mauritius
Pioneer Corps
Mauritius Women's
Volunteer Corps |
| NORTH
BORNEO, BRUNEI, LABUAN AND
SARAWAK |
|
Police
and Guerilla Forces |
| PALESTINE |
|
Trans-Jordan
Frontier Force
Palestine Regiment
Palestine Police |
| ST.
HELENA |
|
St.
Helena Regiment
Merchant Navy |
| SEYCHELLES |
|
Seychelles
Pioneer Corps |
SOUTH
AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSION
TERRITORIES
Basutoland,
Bechuanaland, Swaziland |
|
South
African High Commission
Territories Corps |
| MALTA |
|
Royal
Navy
Royal Malta Artillery
Royal Engineers
Corps of Signals
King's Own Malta Regiment
Army Service Corps
Army Medical Corps
Army Ordnance Corps
Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers
Army Pay Corps
Malta Pioneer Group
Royal Air Force
Malta Police
Civilian Services |
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| NAVAL
FORCES |
|
|
| ROYAL
NAVY |
|
Seamen
Engine Room Department
Band
Miscellaneous
Branches and Reserves
Royal Marines
Queen Alexandra's Royal
Naval Nursing Service and
V.A.D’s
Women’s Royal Naval
Service |
|
Civilian |
|
MERCHANT
NAVY
FISHING
FLEETS
LIGHTHOUSE
SERVICES
COASTGUARDS
PILOTS
ROYAL
NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
INSTITUTION
|
 |
left
- Royal Navy units
passing through
Admiralty Arch -
seaman and stokers
under the arch
itself, Royal Marine
band following, and
behind them (nearest
camera)
miscellaneous
branches and the
Reserves.
Trafalgar
Square,
appropriately with
Nelson's column,
and out of view to
the right is one
mass of people,
with those
attempting to see
the parade
standing 40-50
deep
|
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| CIVILIAN
SERVICES (FIRST
CONTINGENTS) |
|
|
| POLICE |
|
Metropolitan
Police Central Band
Civil Police
Admiralty Civil Police
War Department
Constabulary
Air Ministry Constabulary
Railway and Docks Police |
| FIRE
SERVICE |
|
National
fire service
Salvage Corps |
| CIVIL
DEFENCE SERVICE (FIRST
PART) |
|
Rescue
Dog Handlers and Dogs
Civil Defence Reserve
Wardens
Rescue Service
Report and Control Service |
| CIVIL
DEFENCE SERVICES (SECOND
PART) |
|
American
Gift Ambulances (Great
Britain)
Ambulance Service
First Aid Posts
Civil Nursing Reserve
Nurses in Voluntary and
Public Hospitals
Midwives and District
Nurses
War-time Nurseries
Lay Staffs of Hospitals
Medical Auxiliaries |
| NURSING
SERVICES |
|
Joint
War Organisation of
British Red Cross Society
and Order of St. John of
Jerusalem
St. Andrew’s Ambulance
Association |
| WOMEN'S
VOLUNTARY SERVICES |
|
|
| AGRICULTURE |
|
Women’s
Land Army and Timber Corps
Farm Workers |
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