Jordan, William Joseph, 1879-1959 (Collector): Orders of services [held in the United Kingdom], 1942-45, presented by Mr W J Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand

Bound collection of programmes, tickets and orders of service, collected by Sir William Jordan during a posting in the United Kingdom (actually beginning in late 1944):

1944:

Souvenir brochure to mark the entertainment of the school children of Ramsgate by the courtesy of the New Zealand National Patriotic Fund on the occasion of the relief on the 30th September 1944 of Kent coastal towns from enemy shelling. December 1944. Programme

1945:

Memorial service for passengers and crew of Liberator A.L. 504 (Commando), lost in flight, March 27th 1945. Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, 7 June 1945. Order of service

The Girls' Life Brigade display at the Royal Albert Hall, 9 June 1945. Programme

Westminster Abbey. The second Sunday after Trinity; the Eve of the Feast of St Barnabas, apostle and martyr. Evensong at which will take place the installation of [High Commissioners for Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa). 10 June 1945. Order of service

Luncheon to General of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower G.C.B.. The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor Sir Frank Alexander. Mansion House 12 June 1945. Toasts and music; Ticket; Invitation; Admittance card

Memorial service for passengers and crew of 'York M.W. 126', who lost their lives on November 14th 1944. Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1945. Order of service

Memorial service for the Right Honourable John Curtin, M.P., Prime Minster of the Commonweath of Australia. Westminster Abbey, 18 July 1945. Order of service

Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of Mr W J Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom. Parliament House Wellington, 1 November 1945. Toast list / menu (Inserted loose)

1946:

Offical programme of the Victory celebrations, [London] 8 June 1946

The Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference 1946. Programme of the ceremony of opening by His Sacred Majesty King George VI. Senate House of the University of London, 17 June 1946

Guild of Freemen of the City of London. Luncheon at the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers, 19 June 1946. Programme

A Thanksgiving for the victory achieved in the Battle of Britain in the year nineteen hundred and forty. Westminster Abbey, 15 September 1946. Order of service

Royal Colonial Institute Lodge. Meeting. Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street London, 4 January 1946. Invitation

Ceremonial of His Majesty's proceeding to Parliament. 12 November 1946

1947:

'The Freeman'; official journal of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London, no. XCVI [96. 1947]

The Easter dinner. The Right Hon the Lord Mayor (Sir Bracewell Smith). The Mansion House, 16 April 1947. Music, toasts, menu

Order of service in memory of the Right Honourable James Edward Hubert, fourth Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., G.C.V.O., C.B., High Steward of Westminster. 1861-1947. Westminster Abbey, 16 April 1947

Royal luncheon to Their Majesties the King and Queen, upon their return from the Union of South Africa and the Rhodesias. Guildhall, 15 May 1947. Menu

Arangements for the ceremony of admission to the Freedom of the City of London of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth. Guildhall, 11 June 1947

Luncheon following the presentation of the Freedom of the City to her Roayl Highness the Princess Elizabeth. Mansion House, 11 June 1947. Music, toasts, menu; Table plan

His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, delivered 21 October 1947. London, His majesty's stationery office, [1947]

Ceremonial of His Majesty's proceeding to Parliament, 21 October 1947

Unveiling of the national memorial statue of His Late Majesty King George V by His Majesty King George VI. Westminster, 22 October 1947

1948:

Unveiling of the memorial to President Roosevelt by Mrs Roosevelt. Grosvenor Square London, 12 April 1948. Order of ceremony

Pilgrims dinner to Mrs Roosevelt. Savoy Hotel, 12 April 1948. Includes table plan

Service of thanksgiving on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. St Paul's Cathedral, 26 April 1948. Order of service

Laying of the foundation stone of the new chamber of the House of Commons, by the speaker Col. the Rt. Hon. D Clifton Brown. 26 May 1948. Order of proceedings

War memorial dedication and unveiling, Westminster Abbey for the Submarine Service of the Royal Navy, the Commandos, the Airborne Services and Special Air Service. 21 May 1948. Order of service

Westminster Abbey, 20 June 1948. Holy Communion / Matins/Evening Service. Order of services

Laying the foundation stone of All Hallows Berkyngechirche by the Tower, Guild Church of Toc H, by Her Most Excellent Majesty The Queen. 19 July 1948. Order of service

Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Physical Description: Letterpress booklets, bound into hardback volume, 340 x 212 mm., front cover with gilded crest of the General Assembly Library

Provenance: Previously held in the Parliamentary Library.