60th anniversary of the Coronation

Were you a chorister at the Queen's coronation in 1953?

Twenty choristers were selected from RSCM affiliated choirs around the UK to sing at the coronation in 1953 alongside twelve representatives of cathedral choirs, and were trained at Addington Palace in the weeks leading up to the service.

As we approach the Diamond Jubilee year, we are trying to get in touch with those choristers for a reunion. If you are one of the choristers listed below, or know them, please contact David Bainbridge (himself one of the famous 20!) at dbainbridge(at)btconnect.com, or notify the RSCM Centre.

We are still looking for these choristers (the church/cathedral listed was their 'home' choir in 1953):

David Richard Bevan, Llandaff Cathedral
Henry Dormer, St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
John Fryer, College of St Nicolas/St Gregory the Great, Canterbury
Peter Graper, Llandaff Cathedral
Sam Greenaway, St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
Peter Hampson, Bury Parish Church
Michael Hartley, St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells
Alan Hazel, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Anthony Holt, Holy Trinity, Barkingside
Keith Anthony Hopper, York Minster
Philip Stewart Hutchings, St Peter, Wolverhampton
Douglas Jackson, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Beverley Jones, York Minster
Anthony Gerald Morse, St Paul, Barry
Walter Edmond Officer, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Clive Plumb, Chelmsford Cathedral
Michael Roberts, Leeds Parish Church
Stanley Roocroft, Blackburn Cathedral/St Silas, Blackburn
Barry Smith, St Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees
Nicholas Swain, College of St Nicolas/St Gregory the Great, Canterbury
Malcolm Tanner, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Kenneth Turner, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
N G Williams, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Kenneth Yates, Chesterfield Parish Church

 

From the Croydon Times, 1953