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The Guards' Chapel Memorial Music
The Guards' Chapel, located at Wellington Barracks in London, stands as a spiritual home for the Household Division. It serves as both a place of worship and a tribute to the military personnel who have served with distinction. On 18 June 1944, during a Sunday morning service, the chapel was tragically bombed by a German V1 flying bomb, resulting in the loss of 121 lives, including civilians and service personnel. The rebuilt chapel now serves as a poignant reminder of that day and continues to honour the memory of those who perished.
In Memory
Below is a list of those who tragically lost their lives in the bombing of the Royal Military Chapel (The Guards' Chapel) on the 18th of June 1944.
- Mrs Dorothy Allfrey
- Guardsman William Annals
- Miss Peggy Arnold
- Miss Amy Atkins
- Mr Philip Atkins
- Caporal Martin Bacchiolelli
- Major Clarence Baker
- Mr Arthur Berry
- Mr John Bostock
- Lance Corporal Alfred Bowyer
- Guardsman Sidney Broughton
- Mr Herbert Caldicott
- Musician George Carr
- Miss Ada Cattarns
- Guardsman John Cave
- Miss Beryl Clark
- Lieutenant Colonel John Cobbold
- Captain Alan Coleman
- Mr Cyril Coleman
- Mrs Edith Coleman
- Guardsman Leonard Congreve
- Drummer James Copeman
- Mrs Sarah Courtney
- Guardsman Alexander Crofts
- Miss Olive Crooke
- Guardsman Eric Curry
- Guardsman George Dalton
- Guardsman George Davidson
- Mr Bryn Davies
- Miss Clara Deadfield
- Mrs Isabelle Dewar-Durie
- Lieutenant Harold Dods
- 2nd Lieutenant James Duberly
- WREN Joan Duncan
- Lance Corporal James Dunn
- WREN Edith Farmer
- Captain John Gall
- Miss Beatrice Gardner
- Miss Kay Garland
- Guardsman Dennis Gibson
- Mrs Dorothy Gidley-Kitchen
- Second Subaltern Dorothy Rosemary Gidley-Kitchen
- Major John Gilliat
- Lady Evelyn Gordon-Lennox
- Monsieur Pierre Gras
- Colonel Gustav Guenther
- Miss Dorothy Gye
- Mr Albert Hall
- Lance Serjeant John Hall
- Lieutenant Colonel The Lord Edward Hay
- Musician Jack Hart
- Lance Serjeant Arthur Hewlett
- Lance Corporal Edwin Holmes
- Guardsman Alexander Hooper
- Guardsman Denis Hooper
- Mrs Gwendolen Horton
- Lance Corporal Horace Hyde
- Mrs Annie Irving
- Private Kathleen Jackson
- Mrs Mary Jameson
- Mrs Phyllis Jameson
- Miss Ethel Jones
- Mrs Alice Keane
- Captain George Kemp-Welch
- Musician Frederick Kent
- Captain Sampson Lane
- Lance Serjeant Percy Livermore
- Lady Gwendolen Lumley-Smith
- Miss Moya Lumley-Smith
- Guardsman Ahmand Male
- Miss Mabel Maultby
- Miss Marian Mcdonald
- Miss Elizabeth Millen
- Miss Millicent Millen
- Mrs Diana Milton-Willmott
- Miss Janet Mitchell
- Lieutenant Michael Mitchell
- Guardsman Ronald Mitchell
- Mrs Vera Mitchell
- Lance Corporal Frederick Morley
- Miss Agnes Moscrop
- Mrs Hettie Neilson
- Lance Serjeant Sidney Newbould
- Miss Margaret Norris
- Miss Lilian Northing
- Guardsman William Norton
- Miss Edith Ogden
- Private Valerian Peacock
- Miss Constance Penn
- Guardsman Leslie Phillips
- Private Phyllis Potter
- Drummer Albert Richmond
- Mrs Phyllis Roper
- Mrs Mary Sargent
- Lance Corporal Edwin Sellers
- Guardsman William Shaw
- Mrs Rose Sheridan
- Miss Edna Shooter
- Musician Ralph Shorten
- Guardsman Jack Smith
- Miss Olive Smith
- Miss Marjorie Souter
- Guardsman Ernest Stamp
- Miss Ida Thompson
- Section Officer Cornelia Thorn
- Mrs Elizabeth Thorn
- Major Terence Thorn Mc
- Major Dick Thornton
- Guardsman Henry Thornton
- Guardsman Anthony Titcombe
- Guardsman George Tranter
- WO2 Drill Sergeant Nathaniel Turton
- Captain Leslie Wall
- Mrs Diana Wall
- Lance Serjeant Edgar Watson
- Guardsman Derek Weaver
- Miss Amy Weller
- Padre Ralph Whitrow
- Mrs Adelaide Wilson
- Mrs Violet Wilson
- Major James Windram
- Padre Gordon Wood
- Mrs Hilda Worrall
Note: Members of the Band of the Coldstream Guards were among those who perished. Their dedication to music and service is remembered with respect and gratitude.
Music Tribute
Music of the Time
Bells Across the Meadows – A piece of British Light Music composed by Albert Ketèlby in 1921 and described by the composer as a “characteristic intermezzo”. This hugely popular piece of music would have been heard in concert halls and park bandstands in and around London at the time of the bombing.
Remembrance
Enigma Variations, Op. 36: IX. (Nimrod) - Composer Sir Edward Elgar OM GCVO
Nightfall in Camp ‘Lead Kindly Light’ – Composer Major Douglas Pope, former Director of Music, Band of the Coldstream Guards.
A Moment for Reflection
Music composed and arranged by Colonel Simon Haw MBE, former Director of Music of the Band of the Coldstream Guards, Commanding Officer of The Bands of The Household Division and Corps Colonel of The Royal Corps of Army Music.
Song Without Words – Composer Simon Haw MBE
I Vow to Thee – Composer Gustav Holst, arr. Haw MBE
Green Canopy, April’s Song – Composer Simon Haw MBE
Violin Solo: Musician Osian Dayfdd, The Duchess of Edinburgh’s String Orchestra
Music from the 70th Anniversary Commemoration Service – 22 July 2014
Elegy, 1944 – Composer Dr Martin Ellerby
Trumpet Solo: Lance Sergeant Nick Mott, Band of the Coldstream Guards
Old Hundredth - All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Composer Louis Bourgeois
March from 2nd Suite in F - Composer Gustav Holst
Dedicated to Major James Causley Windrum, former Director of Music, Band of the Coldstream Guards, who was killed in the bombing.
The Royal Army Chaplains Department March – Composer Jeremiah Clarke, arr. Brown OBE
The Chaplain to the Brigade of Guards, Chaplain 2nd Class the Reverend Ralph Henry Whitrow TD CF RAChD, was killed in the bombing.
Auxiliary Territorial Service March – Composer Edwin George Spooner
Numerous members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) were killed and seriously injured in the bombing. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was a member of the ATS.
