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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
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a.m. |
| Buckingham
Palace |
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10.10 |
| Marble
Arch |
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10.25 |
| Oxford
Street |
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| Charing
Cross Road |
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10.35 |
| Northumberland
Avenue |
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10.40 |
| Bridge
Street |
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10.46 |
| Whitehall |
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| The
Mall (Saluting Base) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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a.m. |
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Regent’s Park
(Clarence Gate) |
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9.18 |
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Park Square West |
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Marylebone Road |
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Euston Road |
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9.28 |
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Pentonville Road |
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City Road |
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Old Street |
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9.45 |
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Hackney Road |
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Cambridge Heath Road |
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Whitechapel Road |
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10.04 |
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Whitechapel High
Street |
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Aldgate High Street |
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Mansell Street |
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10.11 |
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Royal Mint Street |
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Shorter Street |
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Tower Hill |
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10.14 |
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Eastcheap |
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King William Street |
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London Bridge |
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10.19 |
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Borough High Street |
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Newington Causeway |
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Newington Butts |
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10.31 |
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Kennington Park Road |
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Harleyford Road |
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Upper Kennington
Lane |
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Vauxhall Bridge |
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10.43 |
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Millbank |
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Abingdon Street |
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Parliament Square |
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10.52 |
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Whitehall |
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Admiralty Arch |
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The Mall (Saluting
Base) |
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11.20 |
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Constitution Hill |
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Hyde Park Corner |
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11.26 |
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Hamilton Place |
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Park Lane |
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Edgware Road |
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Marylebone Road |
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Regent’s Park |
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11.50 |
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ORDER OF MARCH
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COMMANDERS:
Police Motor Cycle Patrols
ALLIED
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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 |
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
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ROYAL NAVY
Amphibious Jeeps
Weasels
DUKW's
Mobile Wireless Telegraphy Units
Aircraft Refuellers
Mobile Sick Bays |
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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
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a.m. |
| Marble
Arch |
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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 |
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| Whitehall
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11.55 |
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|
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 |
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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
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DOMINIONS
Bands
Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Newfoundland |
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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 |
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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
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
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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
MERCHANT
NAVY
FISHING FLEETS
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICES
COASTGUARDS
PILOTS
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
INSTITUTION
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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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