Skywatch - Quick March of the Royal Observer Corps

The march was composed and scored in 1972 by Wing Commander Roy R C Davies RAF, at the time leader and conductor of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force.

The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down (ROC headquarters staff at RAF Bentley Priory stood down on 31 March 1996). Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers were trained and administered by a small cadre of professional full-time officers under the command of the Commandant Royal Observer Corps; latterly a serving RAF Air Commodore.

Performed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force.

The photo is of an Observer Corps Spotter on a rooftop in London, ww2.

[tektoastium]

In Britain’s darkest hour, people like the Observer Corps, the ATS and ARP prevented panic and kept up the defense of Britain’s very people. It was a time when it took courage to be certain of their own strength in the face of overwhelming odds.

[christophermichaelclarence]

If I’m not mistaken, that lad in that photo was wearin a WW2 uniform and overlooking of any German aircraft up in the sky.
Great song. Reminds me of Mary Poppins 😁