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The Royal Tournament was the World's largest military tattoo and pageant, held by the British Armed Forces annually between 1880 and 1999. A military tattoo is a military drum performance It dates from the seventeenth century when the British Army was fighting in the Low Countries ( Belgium The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The venue was originally the Royal Agricultural Hall and latterly the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The Business Design Centre is an exhibition centre on Upper Street in the district of Islington in London. The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (also known as Earls Court Arena or often simply Earls Court) is an entertainment venue located in West London, In its later years it also acted as a fundraising event for leading forces charities, such as The Royal British Legion.

Massed Bands in Earls Court
Massed Bands in Earls Court

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History

The Grand Military Tournament and Assault at Arms was held at the former Royal Agricultural Hall, in Islington from 21 to 26 June 1880. The Business Design Centre is an exhibition centre on Upper Street in the district of Islington in London. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. The Tournament was effectively a series of competitions contested by the officers and men of the regular and auxiliary units of the Army. Although crowds didn’t flock to the Tournament in the first year, it was held again in 1881 and subsequent years.

More audience friendly acts were added including music from military bands, re-enactments, Musical Rides by the Cavalry and Musical Drives by the Artillery. Crowds began to flock to performances at the Agricultural hall and during the early 1900s the show outgrow its home and moved to the west London venue of Olympia. Olympia is an exhibition centre in West Kensington, London, W14, England. The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force also became involved. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The show was renamed a number of times until it finally became the Royal Tournament.

Post World War 2

After the Second World War, the Tournament once again moved to a larger stage and opened its doors to the public at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in 1950. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (also known as Earls Court Arena or often simply Earls Court) is an entertainment venue located in West London, With the exception of the war years, the Tournament was staged every summer from 1880 to 1999. On Monday 2 August 1999, the Royal Tournament closed for the final time, after the ruling Labour party in the wake of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review decided it would be a good cost-cutting measure. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Strategic Defence Review (or SDR was a policy document produced by the Labour Government that came to power in 1997. The decision was further compounded by the financial loss incurred by the 1998 Royal Tournament. However, other events such as Trooping the Colour, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Royal International Air Tattoo have continued to remain an active part of British military pageantry. Trooping the Colour is a military ceremony performed by Regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual Military tattoo given by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International Military bands and display The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT is the world's largest military Air show, held annually over the third weekend in July usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire Nevertheless the Royal Tournament entered the history books as the First, Oldest and Biggest Military Tattoo in the World. A military tattoo is a military drum performance It dates from the seventeenth century when the British Army was fighting in the Low Countries ( Belgium

On TV

The Royal Tournament was a regular feature on BBC TV in the summer schedule.

The Royal Tournament 1970 was shown on BBC1 on Saturday 25 July and was billed as a second visit to Earl's Court for that year's spectacular and featured
The Musical Drive by The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery
The White Helmets display by the Royal Signals Motor Cycle Team
Continuity Drill by The Queen's Colour Squadron of The Royal Air Force
Massed Band and Bugles of the Light Division
The Royal Corps of Signals in the Bandstand
with commentator Geoffrey Wheeler

There was a special article in The Radio Times that week on "The White Helmets" - mentioning Sgt George Garside and Signalman Mick Hanson. The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA is a regiment in the British Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Edleston Wheeler CIE ( June 22, 1897 &ndash February 1 1990 was a British soldier and an historian of

The Royal Tournament 1972 was shown on BBC1 on Sunday 16 July and featured
The Musical Drive by The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery,
The Field Gun Comptetition by The Royal Navy,
National Dances by the Singapore Armed Forces,
Commando Assault Course by The Royal Marines 42 Commando,
Continuity Drill by The Queen's Colour Squadron,
Royal Air Force in the Bandstand,
The Staff Band of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
with commentator Michael Charlton. The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA is a regiment in the British Army. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Royal Marines ( RM) are the marine corps and amphibious Infantry of the United Kingdom and along with the Royal Navy In Military science, the term commando can refer to an individual a Military unit, or a raiding style of military operation.

The Royal Tournament 1974 was shown on BBC1 on Saturday 13 July and featured
The Musical Drive by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery
The Field Gun Competition by The Royal Navy,
Continuity Drill by the RAF Queen's Colour Squardron
National Dancing and Music by the Sri Lanka Police Reserve
Massed Bands of the Royal Marines
The Band of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in the Bandstand
with commentator Tom Fleming

A petition to reinstate The Royal Tournament can be found at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RoyalTournament/

See also

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The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA is a regiment in the British Army. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Royal Marines ( RM) are the marine corps and amphibious Infantry of the United Kingdom and along with the Royal Navy The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army. The field gun competition also referred to as Gun Run or the Gun Run was held annually at the Royal Tournament in London from 1907 to 1999 and was contested by teams from the
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